/sci/ - Science & Math

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/opinion/sunday/immune-disorders-and-autism.html?src=me&ref=gen
eral

Thoughts?

tl;dr:

Up to a third of autism cases may be caused by immune system dysreulation; inflammatory diseases. Especially those in the mother.

>>4993789

What is there to discuss then? If you say "if I replace A with a functional identical B will there be any difference?"

Hmmmmmmmm, tough question indeed, isn't it?

>>4959215
>The amygdala is responsible for emotions

No. The activation of the amygdalaE (yes, there are two of them, shitbrain) correlates with certain emotional states being present. Mostly those of negative valence.

>2012
>still believing certain functions are exclusive to certain brain regions
>still believing Freud is more than badly written pulp.

srsly, go away.

>>4930485

and by the way... that whole "we only use 20% of our brains hurr durr" is bullshit. We use it 100%... there is no evolutionary benefit of using only 20%.

>>4920232

Dont forget that the other conditions for ANOVA (such as the assumption of homogenity of variance) still apply!

>>4674694

We have our current models for a good reason. Because the explain the world (in this case, let's call it "psyche") better than every other model so far.
Now those retarded tulpa fanatics turn up from out of fucking nowhere and claim something that goes against very much what we have learned about the brain / psyche / behaviour so far. And they base that claim on absolutely nothing.
"Thought experiment" is no valid form of gathering empirical data.

And regarding those additional assumptions about "extra abilites" (perfect memory recall)... It's stuff like this, that makes me doubt that you have any idea at all about what you are talking about. And by that I mean basics, like what is personality, how is it structured, what is self-concept, how is it structured, can it be influenced and if yes how and to what extend.
All of these questions are pretty much already answered bei EMPIRICAL DATA. ACTUAL SCIENCE.
Not your esoteric happy hippy bullshit.

But if you're happy with it, go on and believe in this utter batcrap, it will lead to nothing but you realizing you made a complete idiot of yourself in a few years.