At 10/2/09 05:50 AM, Lost-Chances wrote:
Let me just put this concept out there: AUTISM, ASPERGUS SYNDROME AND MOST OTHER MENTAL PROBLEMS ARE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS MADE IN THE MODERN AGE TO ACCOUNT FOR DIFFICULTY IN SOME AREAS.
There you go.
Autism is still incredibly real, trust me, I've seen the extremeties of it. The social constructions are simply that we have designated it a name, like dubbing gravity the title. Autism shouldn't really be compared with things like ADD, which is really stretched out to shit.
And to the user that said evolution is not effected by environment, you are totally wrong. An example is the Peppered Moth, a type of moth that had a mass of its population wiped out, indirectly, due to the industrial revolution. Trees were far paler, and the moths were the right colour, and hid from predators in these trees. Some moths were slightly darker though, and when smog and pollution darkened the trees over time, these were the moths that hid from predators. Over time, the paler peppered moth HAS died out, and the peppered moth has evolved with environment to match it. That is evolution, to adapt to environment. It's survival of the fittest, because the fittest isn't just the toughest, but the one who can adapt and fit to where they live to survive the best.