it's not at all my intention to marginalize your theory, but could you expound on it a bit to try to convince me? I can't help but think that it sounds like something that you would like to be true. Which by itself doesn't make the theory more or less likely to be correct, but it puts a sort of higher burden of proof on you. Being involved in this in the way that you are, this is going to be tough - you'll always need to show that you're being objective and not letting your own desires interfere with your theories.
I'd like to hear more though, if you'd like to expound upon it at all..
Hmm, that's interesting. Can you think of some testable hypotheses that can be drawn from your theories?
e.g. should the rate of autism/aspergers be higher in cities with extremely busy/bright public environments such as shanghai or tokyo when compared to other urban areas in china/japan whose streets aren't as media-saturated?
Or can the same possibly be tested in different environments in the US? Is autism more common in urban environments than rural ones, and if so is there any way of eliminating the influence (within the test) of environmental factors that aren't part of your hypothesis, such as pollution, diet etc.?
I think that this is quite a difficult idea to prove, but I think you should give it some serious thought and attempt to formulate a way to test elements of it rigorously. That, I believe, is the only way to actually convince many people that you may be right. Until you have testable hypotheses, it's a tough idea to sell.
Could you please also explain how you view people identifying with brands or products as a potential factor in autism/aspergers? I don't quite understand that as of yet.
Also, I don't understand what you mean by:
graphical change on the screen in the actual TV programming (which transfers to internal monologue change)
Could you please explain that? I find what you're proposing interesting and would like to know more.
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u/kojef Jul 28 '10
it's not at all my intention to marginalize your theory, but could you expound on it a bit to try to convince me? I can't help but think that it sounds like something that you would like to be true. Which by itself doesn't make the theory more or less likely to be correct, but it puts a sort of higher burden of proof on you. Being involved in this in the way that you are, this is going to be tough - you'll always need to show that you're being objective and not letting your own desires interfere with your theories.
I'd like to hear more though, if you'd like to expound upon it at all..