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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt turns out the answer to what causes autism was starting is in the face... organic food!
From http://io9.com/on-correlation-causation-and-the-real-cause-of-auti-1494972271
So yeah, in reality an exercise on the correlation/causation fallacy, but I am afraid the few "experts" in the anti-vaccination movement will missed the intended lesson.
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It turns out the answer to what causes autism was starting is in the face... organic food! (Original Post)
Godhumor
Jan 2014
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Lint Head
(15,064 posts)1. I thought it had to do with the invention of the cotton gin
Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)2. *snort*
MADem
(135,425 posts)3. I woulda pinned it on cell phones! Yeah, that's the ticket...! nt
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)4. No no no...its mercury fillings!
its always mercury fillings!
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)5. but then again...maybe its masturbation...
that causes hair to grow on your palms and blindness...why not Autism too!
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)6. I'm pretty sure it's actually "that's what she said" jokes.
Godhumor
(6,437 posts)13. Heh, the Michael Scott correlation n/t
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)7. It's probably the gluten.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)8. I know of one doctor
who has written a book where he says that people with autism were born without souls.
Hmmm, make perfect sense.
not.
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)9. Or visa-versa
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)10. Rock-n-Roll causes devil worship
temporary311
(955 posts)11. I thought it was Dungeons & Dragons.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)12. That's a myth
As you can see there's a dip in the trend around the time D&D came out. Most likely the devil worshipers were too busy playing D&D at the time.