‘As We See It’ and the Changing Discussion About Autism
The show frankly acknowledges issues frequently haunting persons on the autism spectrum.
Jonathan Mitchell
· 6 min read
Health
A collection of 172 posts
Autism or Encephalitis? My Son’s Misdiagnosis and Our Family’s Season in Hell
Encephalitis recovery often takes years, not months, and some patients never fully recover.
S. Stiles
· 19 min read
Outback Australia and the Information Wars
How Maajid Nawaz and Tim Pool amplified misinformation about COVID-19 in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities, overshadowing the effective responses led by legitimate Aboriginal leaders.
Matthew Blackwell
· 14 min read
What is Happening to My Profession?
Some of the people who are refusing the life-saving COVID vaccine are alienated from mainstream institutions, which they view as house organs of the political Left rather than trustworthy arbiters of truth.
Sally Satel
· 10 min read
‘It works! It works! It works!’: Jonas Salk and the Vaccine that Conquered Polio
Americans turned on their radios, department stores set up loudspeakers, and judges suspended trials so that everyone in the courtroom could hear what Francis was about to say.
Paul A. Offit
· 8 min read
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the Meaning of Human Suffering
Every situation is distinguished by its uniqueness, and there is always only one right answer to the problem posed by the situation at hand.
Samuel Kronen
· 27 min read
Vaccinology, Immunology, and COVID-19
Vaccine technology has sped ahead, serving the critical function to break the link between infection and poor outcomes.
Jesse Pelletier
· 6 min read
Understanding the Motivated Reasoning of Anti-Vax Refuseniks
Vaccine refusal also correlates with a feeling of alienation from the wider culture—what sociologists call “anomie.”
Richard Redding
· 6 min read
Children Are Lonelier Than Ever. Can Anything Be Done?
Loneliness was generally stable (with the bright spot being a significant drop in Asia) from 2000 to 2012 and then quickly reversed itself in all regions.
Camilo Ortiz and Stephanie De Leo
· 9 min read
Who Will Save Us From Racist AI?
The researchers analyzed multiple databases and the findings were striking—the ML models were able to predict self-reported race (classified as Asian, black, and white) with astonishing precision.
Zachary Robert Caverley
· 9 min read
Vexed by the Un-Vaxxed
Civil society is based on the fundamental premise that we give up certain liberties to secure tranquility, defense, welfare, and greater liberty, such as the freedom from fatal diseases.
Michael Shermer
· 13 min read
The World Economic Forum and the Misleading Politics of Gender Equality
Women fall behind in countries with low levels of economic and social development, largely due to poor educational opportunities.
David C. Geary and Gijsbert Stoet
· 12 min read
Gender Transition and Desistance in Teenage Girls: Two Psychotherapeutic Case Studies
Detransitioners and desisters can also feel angry at psychiatric and medical specialists, who they understandably believe have not adequately assessed their motivations for requesting medical intervention.
Susan Evans and Marcus Evans
· 27 min read
Vaccines and the Coronavirus Crank Crisis
Wrong to the bitter end, sceptics have taken this as a vindication of their do-nothing strategy and are celebrating the decline of a summer surge they said could never happen.
Christopher J. Snowdon
· 16 min read
Looking for COVID-19 ‘Miracle Drugs’? We Already Have Them. They’re Called Vaccines
The evidence that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are safe, and that they work, is about as solid as medical evidence gets.
Claire Berlinski and Yuri Deigin
· 14 min read