Are you ready to explore wild claims about skyrocketing autism rates and “telepathic” kids? In this video, we’ll dive into Dr. John Campbell’s sensational theories on autism being caused by “lifestyle factors,” and only Trump and RFK can expose the cause... 🤦🏻. The viral Telepathy Tapes phenomenon, and the real reasons behind the rise in autism diagnoses.
How do we protect ourselves from people who would seek to manipulate and confuse the discussions about us? With critical thinking! 🤔
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Related videos:
On the connection between autism and IQ:
https://youtu.be/rioKiKDAOdQ
On autism misinformation in science:
https://youtu.be/ZDrDGnemw0o
On Trump, RFK, Andrew Wakefield and woo (includes a large number of references on the safety of vaccinations and research into autism and vaccinations):
https://youtu.be/BwfqNkuSfZ4
James Randi One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_Challenge
The bad stuff:
Autism Massive Increase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr4xo2Or_7o&ab_channel=Dr.JohnCampbell
The Telepathy Tapes - (I'm not linking them here).
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Chapters
00:00 WTF is going on I didn't want to start 2025 with this video
02:19 Who is Dr. John Campbell?
03:33 The CDC autism data
05:54 Social model of disability
07:13 The real reasons for the increase
09:31 Intellectual disability
11:58 The Telepathy Tapes
15:02 James Randi, Uri Geller, and hysteria
16:29 The Subconcious and the ideomotor.
17:47 Wishful thinking
20:23 A common thread
22:29 JAQ-ing off and other fallacies