TV causes autism: "According to the research, heavy TV indulgence before the age of three is clearly associated with an increase in autism. The paper suggests that TV could be a trigger for those with a genetic predisposition toward the condition."

This made me think of Bowling Alone, and its persuasive argument that the rise of TV has contributed to the collapse of community in American culture. Autism on a macro level?

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[Dave Ph]

Sarcasm follows:

Surely everyone knows that MMR causes autism - at least, everyone in Surrey does...
Maybe the TV reacts with the vaccine to modify the child's brain to place them on the Asberger Spectrum.

Just look at the medical credentials of the paper authors:

DOES TELEVISION CAUSE AUTISM?
by
Michael Waldman, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
Sean Nicholson, Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University and NBER
Nodir Adilov, Department of Economics, Indiana University-Purdue University

*here we go again*