Autism and Organic food. Who knew

Organic food purchases and Autism have been increasing at nearly the same rate, based on the reasoning I have learned from the LR this must be evidence that Autism is caused by Organic food. The trend can not be denied.

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also explains why folks were totally autistic out of their minds up to a few hundred years ago when everything was organic
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Uh, no. Seems pretty clear that it’s the opposite – organic food is caused by autism.

The other day, I almost ordered an organic ass burger for lunch…

There are several criteria to gain some confidence that a correlation between two variables is causative. To begin with there should be some plausible mechanism to link them.

Diagnostic criteria was lacking.

You know I am totally kidding with this thread, right?

I hear organic ass burger sales and Asperger syndrome where highly correlated.

Uh, no. Seems pretty clear that it’s the opposite – organic food is caused by autism.

The other day, I almost ordered an organic ass burger for lunch…

Or Autistic people are the primary consumers of organic food

You know I am totally kidding with this thread, right?

Too late for ‘backsies’
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Uh, no. Seems pretty clear that it’s the opposite – organic food is caused by autism.

The other day, I almost ordered an organic ass burger for lunch…

Or Autistic people are the primary consumers of organic food

This just blew my mind.

Yes, but some probably don’t.

Damn.

That is the point. But not you, I know you know better.

There are several criteria to gain some confidence that a correlation between two variables is causative. To begin with there should be some plausible mechanism to link them.

Pesticides kill bugs. From this we now know that bugs cause autism

Uh, no. Seems pretty clear that it’s the opposite – organic food is caused by autism.

The other day, I almost ordered an organic ass burger for lunch…

Or Autistic people are the primary consumers of organic food

Who else would eat that shit?

There are several criteria to gain some confidence that a correlation between two variables is causative. To begin with there should be some plausible mechanism to link them.

Pesticides kill bugs. From this we now know that bugs cause autism

I would have thought the following:

No pesticides leads to more bugs
More bugs leads to greater number of natural pesticides produced by plants to fight said bugs.
Natural pesticides created by plants cause toxins in our bodies
Toxins in our bodies causes Autism.

I think this just shows that google, created in 1998, is responsible for an increase in autism cases.

Mountain range drives NY murder rate. Let’s hope it stays flat to the east.

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Uh, no. Seems pretty clear that it’s the opposite – organic food is caused by autism.

The other day, I almost ordered an organic ass burger for lunch…

Or Autistic people are the primary consumers of organic food

Hmmm, as an actual autistic person, with an advanced degree in nutrition who thinks the organic food fad is funny; how am I supposed to feel about all of this?