Tuesday, May 10, 2011
More pseudoscience on "autism"
A "study" "finds" an unexpectedly large number of "autism spectrum disorders" among South Korean kids.
"Autism spectrum disorder" is a fancy phrase meaning "intelligence". Koreans are smarter than Caucasians. Therefore you should find more intelligence among Korean kids. It's a completely unsurprising tautology after you translate the fancy phrase. (And after you erase the motherfucking idiotic standard assumption that everyone is identical.)
Needless to say, the "study" was funded by a group that wants to create more diagnoses to increase its (already massive) lobbying and fund-raising power. ¶ 4:26 AM
"Autism spectrum disorder" is a fancy phrase meaning "intelligence". Koreans are smarter than Caucasians. Therefore you should find more intelligence among Korean kids. It's a completely unsurprising tautology after you translate the fancy phrase. (And after you erase the motherfucking idiotic standard assumption that everyone is identical.)
Needless to say, the "study" was funded by a group that wants to create more diagnoses to increase its (already massive) lobbying and fund-raising power. ¶ 4:26 AM
