How Odd Behavior in Some Young Horses May Reveal a Cause of Autism

Re:How Odd Behavior in Some Young Horses May Reveal a Cause ... by robotresearcher on Saturday February 28, 2015 @03:53PM (#9125013)

> "Autism" is probably like "cancer" in that it is likely a series of pathologies

Why "probably"? What evidence is there for that one way or another?

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Re:How Odd Behavior in Some Young Horses May Reveal a Cause ... by s_q_b on Saturday February 28, 2015 @05:01PM (#9125213)

To assume that autism is a single disorder is to get the scientific method backwards. There's no proven underlying cause, just symptoms that vary greatly from individual to individual. What evidence is there that autism is a single disorder with a single underlying cause?

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Re:How Odd Behavior in Some Young Horses May Reveal a Cause ... by robotresearcher on Saturday February 28, 2015 @05:23PM (#9125275)

I guess that's true, but Occam's Razor applies too. I'm not claiming anything either way.

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