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Is autism a factor in conspiracy mentality? New study says no
(www.psypost.org)
just science related topics. please contribute
note: clickbait sources/headlines aren't liked generally. I've posted crap sources and later deleted or edit to improve after complaints. whoops, sry
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At first I enjoyed the irony in this comment -- thinking the lead-poisoning myth is my type of conspiracy -- but it turns out, in a spectacularly non-conspiratorial way, researchers have shown correlation between lead exposure as a child and maladaptive personalities as an adult.
Lead poisoning isn't a myth. That's why its use was discontinued in fuels long ago. It's actually quite a well researched topic in the history of America.
Yeah I guess I should rephrase that -- I knew lead poisoning wasn't a myth, but I wasn't sure about the theory that lead-exposure is the reason for the apparent rise in anti-intellectualism/conspiratorial thinking in older generations
Ah okay, apologies - I wasn't trying to be combative; just factual.
nah you're good you're good, no need to apologize
Worse: this was known even when lead was still allowed in the environment. People just didn’t care.