Hot take on Autism

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RFK pledged to have some preliminary research done on Autism by September.

What if he discovered Autism is on the rise because modern medicine allowed misfits to reproduce?

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modern medicine allowed misfits to reproduce?
Its not really complicated. Defective people who reproduce are more likely to produce defects. Women giving birth after 30 are more likely to give birth to defects. Simply put, smoking, alcohol, drugs... all the things which increase probability of defects, when applied a lot on a mass scale end up with giving more defects. Same goes with vaccines. Remove natural selection and the defective ones reproduce as much as fit ones.
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So ironically, vaccines aid Autism by being TOO effective?

Hot take sir.

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Is autism caused by vaccines, no.
Is it enhanced with vaccines, probably.

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Anything that enhances autism is good.
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How come?
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Autism is "enhanced" through specific cognitive, perceptual, and neurological differences—often termed Enhanced Perceptual Functioning—that can lead to superior abilities in detail-oriented tasks, memory, and specialized knowledge. These strengths, including hyperfocus and rational thinking, are rooted in increased local brain connectivity, allowing for superior pattern recognition and information processing. 

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@Shila
Yes but that only covers half of autism cases, 
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It gives hope to those suffering from autism.
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@Shila
But how does enhancing their autism help those that aren’t that gifted
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It gives them hope for a brighter future.
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@Shila
How exactly?
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By overcoming autism’s limitation.
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What?!?
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Repeat.
Autism is "enhanced" through specific cognitive, perceptual, and neurological differences—often termed Enhanced Perceptual Functioning—that can lead to superior abilities in detail-oriented tasks, memory, and specialized knowledge. These strengths, including hyperfocus and rational thinking, are rooted in increased local brain connectivity, allowing for superior pattern recognition and information processing.
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Yes but this isn’t for all autism cases, maybe not even a majority.
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Still, it gives them hope for a brighter future.
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@Shila
Not for the ones who can’t get hyper focused, most get stressed about their autism, which is caused by their autism. So adding more autism would make them more stressed about their autism.
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Treating autism is giving hope to victims.
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@Shila
Enhancing their autism isnt treating it
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Repeat.
Autism is "enhanced" through specific cognitive, perceptual, and neurological differences—often termed Enhanced Perceptual Functioning—that can lead to superior abilities in detail-oriented tasks, memory, and specialized knowledge. These strengths, including hyperfocus and rational thinking, are rooted in increased local brain connectivity, allowing for superior pattern recognition and information processing.

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@Shila
Thats the opposite of enhancing enhancing is making something more extreme.
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@Girraficus
Thats the opposite of enhancing enhancing is making something more extreme.

To enhance something means to increase, improve, or heighten its quality, value, attractiveness, or strength. It involves making positive changes—such as refining, augmenting, or boosting—to upgrade the performance or appearance of an object, system, or skill.
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@Shila
Fair point 
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@Girraficus
Elon Musk has autism. That did not stop him from being successful.
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@Shila
He has the cool autism
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He sets the bar high for autism.
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@Shila
Wayyyyyy to high
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@Girraficus
How do you know, are you autistic?
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Maybe like a teensy tiny bit but not enough to boast about it