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bucolic_frolic

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51. It's genetic capacity with environmental triggers

Mon Oct 13, 2025, 08:48 AM

Oct 2025

mental or intake or exposure. Personally I doubt it's survival-based, evolution. It's just random, capacity and exposure.

If I believed autism is evolutionary, I'd have to believe MAGA was too, and I couldn't explain it other than Neanderthal. And why would we have mass throwbacks?

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Could Autism Be an Evolutionary Step Forward? [View all] Quixote1818 Oct 2025 OP

I didn't know that about patterns. murielm99 Oct 2025 #1

To offer a counter example thomski64 Oct 2025 #2

Yes, he came to mind. It may not always be positive but there are plenty of traditionally thinking people who are Quixote1818 Oct 2025 #3

Trump is an "NT" paleotn Oct 2025 #6

Eloon's brain is mush Alice Kramden Oct 2025 #28

I believe it's probably a genetic mutation (in the scientifically neutral sense) that exhibits naturally AZJonnie Oct 2025 #4

Agreed. That's the thing about genes. They're not static. paleotn Oct 2025 #9

Yup, and there's not just mutations, there are also gene expressions AZJonnie Oct 2025 #12

I like your train of thought. erronis Oct 2025 #32

Good ol epigenetics nt mr715 Oct 2025 #42

Humanity did not start with humans. cachukis Oct 2025 #16

Very much true!!! AZJonnie Oct 2025 #22

The thinkers know. cachukis Oct 2025 #24

My Son The Astronomer is on the spectrum. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2025 #5

Thanks for sharing, my grandson has Tree Lady Oct 2025 #36

That's not how evolution works SamuelTheThird Oct 2025 #7

You're right, classical evolutionary theory does focus on traits that improve individual reproductive success. However Quixote1818 Oct 2025 #10

They implied there was a sudden increase in autism due to technology SamuelTheThird Oct 2025 #20

It has showed up. Regardless. cachukis Oct 2025 #17

But not as an adaption to extremely new technologies SamuelTheThird Oct 2025 #21

Too early to judge in my mind. cachukis Oct 2025 #23

Either an individual benefit trait or a community survival component. haele Oct 2025 #34

Reed College, Portland OR; PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2025 #38

No. People who are on the spectrum are still Homo sapiens. sakabatou Oct 2025 #8

You sure about that? paleotn Oct 2025 #11

"Yet we could still interbreed" sakabatou Oct 2025 #14

Severe autism is pretty awful. milestogo Oct 2025 #13

Mild to Moderate is no picnic either. Rhiagel Oct 2025 #33

Civilization is where it is now because of people who "cover their ears and stim". meadowlander Oct 2025 #40

Oh, hell no. hunter Oct 2025 #15

This is hyperbolic and unhelpful. meadowlander Oct 2025 #41

Autism is not some delightful "quirk." Often it's painful. hunter Oct 2025 #45

Astrid. French with subtitles. Great study of the subject. cachukis Oct 2025 #18

I believe it is. Faux pas Oct 2025 #19

It's not ESP, it's pattern recognition... hunter Oct 2025 #27

Actually, it is ESP. Check out The Telepathy Tapes for more info. TheRickles Oct 2025 #29

I've had paranormal experiences. I've had telepathic experiences. hunter Oct 2025 #48

Both can be true. Sometimes it's this, and sometimes it's that. TheRickles Oct 2025 #49

There are some genuinely terrible autistic people biocube Oct 2025 #25

We seem to be evolving towards extinction Bmoboy Oct 2025 #26

❤️ littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 #30

Thank you Wild blueberry Oct 2025 #31

I'm no expert, but... Morbius Oct 2025 #35

Stop the testing! JoseBalow Oct 2025 #47

ASD has a bimodal IQ distribution Mosby Oct 2025 #37

ASD can be comorbid with intellectual disability, epilepsy, etc. meadowlander Oct 2025 #43

Autism is within the range of normal human variation and has always been with us. meadowlander Oct 2025 #39

I live with my nephew who has severe autism. Iggo Oct 2025 #44

I don't know if autism is genetic edhopper Oct 2025 #46

I just got goose bumps Karma13612 Oct 2025 #50

It's genetic capacity with environmental triggers bucolic_frolic Oct 2025 #51

Discussion is missing the obvious. For it to be evolutionary, there have to be children Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #52

Evolution is "adaption", not necessarily improvement. RoeVWade Oct 2025 #53