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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Eight Pages of this Sewage! |
| Adamantium |
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Posted: 10 Jun 2017, 10:43 am
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Replies: 88
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SH90 wrote: Well, the spammers profile is usually linked in the moderators attention forum and when the trash is reported. You should be able to look at their profile and see all posts.
This is true, but also time consuming. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Eight Pages of this Sewage! |
| Adamantium |
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Posted: 10 Jun 2017, 10:10 am
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Replies: 88
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| Now it's on TWO different forums! As if one isn't enough! Soon, every subforum will be littered with it! I just spent a chunk of time cleaning out GAD. It would be really helpful if you could mention which forum has been hit when you post something like this so the mod who reads it can find it quic... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: John Elder Robison on the need for Autistic researchers |
| Adamantium |
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Posted: 12 May 2017, 8:28 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,264
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Thanks.
I wonder if the American research is contaminated by the twin evils of runaway academic costs and runaway healthcare costs in a way that Sweden is structurally less prone to.
The life expectancy thing is depressing. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: John Elder Robison on the need for Autistic researchers |
| Adamantium |
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Posted: 12 May 2017, 3:51 pm
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Replies: 15
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| An exception to the above seems to be studies coming out of Sweden. They often involve many thousands of people and IMHO reflect some uncomfortable realities I would rather not here about. This is intriguing. Can you elaborate on your understanding of those realities? Or would it be too unpleasant ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Diagnosis underwhelming |
| Adamantium |
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Posted: 12 May 2017, 3:48 pm
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Replies: 3
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| I think some variation on this is extremely common. Before the diagnosis it seems like such an important question and people often express this in inadvertently deceptive language: "It's important to get the diagnosis right so we can respond correctly." The reality is that there is no corr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: need your help please |
| Adamantium |
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Posted: 12 May 2017, 10:16 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,209
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| [Moderating] The mods have been looking at this and similar threads and come to the consensus view that it is not appropriate to question the validity of trans identities in threads about individuals with trans identities. If you want to debate trans identities, please do so in the Politics, Philos... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: My teenage aspie daughter says she is transgender |
| Adamantium |
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Posted: 12 May 2017, 10:07 am
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Replies: 46
Views: 2,671
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| [Moderating] The mods have been looking at this and similar threads and come to the consensus view that it is not appropriate to question the validity of trans identities in threads about individuals with trans identities. If you want to debate trans identities, please do so in the Politics, Philos... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Anyone here been unfairly blocked by Wikipedia? |
| Adamantium |
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Posted: 10 May 2017, 3:02 pm
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Replies: 10
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you into going for a walk every day? |
| Adamantium |
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Posted: 10 May 2017, 10:14 am
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Replies: 84
Views: 3,470
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Yes. It helps even my emotions and reduces anxiety.
I have planned and timed multiple looping routes through the neighborhood so I can plan walks for time (e.g. during lunch break from work.)
I like quiet routes with trees and few people. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Very pessimistic view from 6 year old HFA |
| Adamantium |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2017, 2:12 pm
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Replies: 15
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| Hi, I really love this wrong planet forum and at the moment, I am lost in how to talk to my son (6 year old HFA). I would like to seek advice from someone who has been there. My son is currently having problem with his PE class and PE teacher as he has significant gross motor difficulties. Today, I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do your sensory issues get worse with time? |
| Adamantium |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2017, 5:10 pm
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Replies: 11
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| A bit, not sure… Usually towards the end of the day, I am stressed and warned down I get agitated easily. Normally I don’t have issues involving sensory. But I noticed bright lights tend to pulsate toward the end of the day after I am agitated… Problem is I don’t normally notice emotionally I am ag... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Bat Salad |
| Adamantium |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2017, 11:28 am
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Replies: 10
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| I am an omnivore and have no objection in principle to meat in salads. This does look a bit... gamey, though. Also, if this was a free range bat, the chance that it's carrying rabies is a consideration. Consuming bat tartar would be a an uncontrolled experiment in zoonotic viral infection that I wou... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Favourite Theory of Conciousness |
| Adamantium |
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Posted: 26 Mar 2017, 12:09 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,377
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| In 2013 several electrodes were attached to microtubuoles in the labs of Sahu et al, and Bandyopahdayay et al, in which they determined that several configurations in the channels of the microtubuoles changed their corresponding frequency with only the tiniest change in applied voltage. As such, th... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Deepak Chopra Nonsense Thread |
| Adamantium |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2017, 3:21 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,079
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Sam Harris and Michael Shermer seem to have Deepak's goat:
And the classic Deepak lecturing about science to Dawkins:
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Favourite Theory of Conciousness |
| Adamantium |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2017, 2:00 pm
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Replies: 12
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| I don't understand Orch OR. It seems to have changed over time as early conjectures were proven false. But more than that it seems to just move the problem of how a program on networks of neurons creates consciousness to how a program running on some sort of quantum effects in micro structures withi... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Recommendations about app development |
| Adamantium |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2017, 1:46 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 887
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| It seems odd that you say you work for "some big IT company." Is there some reason why this market research has to be done in secrecy and you can't reveal the name of your employer? Usually when researchers come here looking for information, they are quire forthcoming about the programs th... |
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