Comments by "Edward Cullen" (@edwardcullen1739) on "Dr. John Campbell"
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Hi John,
I was recently diagnosed with Autism - literally last week!
Knowing this and looking at my family, it's pretty obvious that BOTH of my parents are neuro-divergent. They were both born in the years immediately following WW2.
I'm still at early stages in my understanding, but I want to point to a couple of things:
1. My first interactions with the NHS were when I was 13/14 and my dad even asked a chold psychiatrist, directly, if I was autistic and he was dismissed almost out-of-hand. I am now 44.
Awareness is dramatically different, as well as the understanding of the genetic component. I'm 'clearly' the most 'different' in my family, but I'm sure all my siblings are on the spectrum.
2. Schooling and the way children are brought-up has changed radically and just from my own experience, I can see how these changes could be extremely detrimental to people at the boundaries - ND people who, otherwise may not have struggled, would struggle in the newer, less rigid, environment.
I really struggle when the rules are unclear. When the rules are clear and rigid, it's easier for me in many ways - so, 1950s schooling or a few years in the army, might have made all the difference, in a good way! (Notwithstanding my proclivity to call-out rules I don't understand/think are stupid... and that this is entirely my own personal conjecture, though, not without knowing some people who are probably ND and ex-forces.)
Please don't misunderstand this as a 'cry for the past', it's not; no more than a 'prospective avenue of investigation'.
3. Look at the people who change the world - Elon Musk is the most obvious example. He's the absolute poster pin-up of Successful Neuro-divergeance.
I have a strong belief that ADHD/ASD are actually population-level, adaptive differences that have been instrumental to our success as a species.
On this, if we look back at the 'eccentrics' of the past - the creatives with odd behaviours, who tended to drink to ease their anxiety and 'unlock their creativity' - I'm confident many, if not most, would be diagnosed as ND.
Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if Trump himself were ND! 😂 (Listening to him talking about concrete on Joe Rogan really pricked-up my ears and got me thinking!)
I suspect that ADHD/ASD has a steady-state occurrence in the population (similar to how evolutionary psychologists talk about psychopathy having ~2% prevalence and that if it drops too low or goes too high, the society suffers.) Too many autists and basic functions don't get done (ND people are 'notorious' for struggling with routine tasks...) too few autists and there isn't enough dynamism, creativity, problem solving to keep society moving in a positive direction. (Death by bureaucracy...)
Ultimately, I think we're still in the "discovering how prevalent ND is phase" and once we have accurate population-level numbers, we'll discover that:
A. ASD/ADHD are way, WAY more prevelant than anyone ever thought.
B. The overwhelming majority of ND people are due to genetics, with only relatively few being environmental.
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@RicoImp3 Well, you're presenting a childish view that things like "freedom" aren't important.
Freedom is extremely important to some people. So much so, that they have risked death - or died - to achieve it for themselves and/or their loved ones.
And by childish, I really mean completely self-centred and ignorant, but I was pretending to be nice...
I, like most others who talk about freedom of choice, are able to comprehend that there's more to life than material things; more to living than continuing to respire.
They, like me, understand that EVERYTHING is a compromise, every decision cuts-off some possibility... Or brings others closer.
We, collectively, understand the Truth of history; that there are people whose ONLY motivation is the accumulation and exercise of power. We understand that Rights are rarely, if ever, swept-away overnight, instead, they are chipped-away, bit by bit.
Sometimes, the cost of defending these rights is so high, that fighting is replaced with wishful thinking; "maybe they'll see sense and end this pointless charade".
Sometimes, the tyrants push up against a line that educated people know is a tipping-point, a line that, once crossed, cannot be un-crossed without violence and bloodshed.
The medical tyranny of forced vaccination and vaccine passports is one such line.
If you do not understand or believe this, I would strongly suggest you discover "The Nuremberg Principles" and the reasons why they were codified.
You may be happy being a slave, but many of us are not. We will not submit to tyranny; we will not sacrifice the freedom of our children for the sake of our own convenience. This is the Truth. If you're not happy with this, then I suggest you leave the organising of this world to better men and women who actually care.
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@helmutsilver5006 Wow, that escalated quickly.
As someone who voted to leave the EU, I'd like to give you a heartfelt "fuck you". It was nothing to do with Russia, that's JustAnotherCope™ from the losers who are sad their totalitarian "New Roman Empire", sorry "Union" is collapsing.
The only people creating division in the US are the so-called Democrats, who are the ones pushing Russia as a villain and the overreaction to COVID.
Truth is freedom and Dr. Campbell is on the side of freedom.
Russia is only a threat because European nations are run by feckless and corrupt people who spend their people's money on vanity projects and feathering their own nests instead of maintaining military capabilities that would hold Russia at bay.
Russia only has 150 million people. German alone has 85 million AND has a larger economy (purchasing power parity). The Germans could, quite comfortably, have a sufficiently large military to ensure Russia would not be a threat and yet, they don't.
This is all before one considers France, Austria, Poland and all the other smaller European nations whose interests are against a dominant Russia.
I'll be the first to point out many of the hangovers from the Cold War, but kinetic conflict with Russia is way down the list.
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