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Re:Brain clue may explain autism 'hug avoidance' by theblackbox on Friday February 12, 2010 @10:08AM (#1120700)
I thought this was already widely accepted as simply a control issue?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hug_machine http://www.grandin.com/inc/squeeze.html

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Re:Brain clue may explain autism 'hug avoidance' by AndrewDucker on Friday February 12, 2010 @11:01AM (#1120845)
Just because something is widely accepted does not make it true.
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Re:Brain clue may explain autism 'hug avoidance' by theblackbox on Friday February 12, 2010 @11:38AM (#1120955)
This is a theory, by definition it is "widely accepted" until falsified or until a "better" theory is proposed.
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