Note: Thank you to Laura Hayes for bringing this article from Toby Rogers Substack to my attention. I ve excerpted and linked to the full article, which you can read without a subscription. I just subscribed for the full year. It s.
The CDC updated its statistics on the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders. Predictably, antivaxxers blame increases on "environmental factors" (vaccines).
This is a big lie. Spoiler alert! They re in our homes. ### By Anne Dachel Sixteen years ago I wrote a piece called, The Really Big Lie About Autism, which was about how officials always report that they are not.
The human mind is amazing in its ability to compartmentalize. Many are the times when I've come across people who seem reasonable in every other way but who cling tightly to one form of pseudoscience or another. On the other hand, as I've noticed time and time again, people whose minds have a proclivity for pseudoscience tend not to limit themselves to just one form of pseudoscience.