## Metadata author:: [[@The Scientistt Podcast]] publish_date:: reviewed_date:: ## Highlights - Speaker 2: that are predictable. They turned out not to be predictable. And that's noise. Speaker 1: Mm. You also describe in some ways there are different kinds of noise. So if if you're an asylum judge and I'm an asylum judge and we have very different subjective readings that can produce very different answers. But it could also be that if you are reviewing a case in the morning and you are reviewing a case in the afternoon, it's possible that just within yourself, your own judgments can be noisy. Can you talk about that idea as well? Speaker 2: I mean, it's not only possible, it actually is the case that when people are asked the same question or [(Time 0:09:00)](https://www.airr.io/quote/63c45ab27f205624b64ed7a5) - notes:: Autism is not rare it’s 1 to 2% of a population and the increase in these numbers might not be an epidemic, or people seeking attention, but rather more accuracy and actual effort and awareness towards proper diagnosis and classification - AirrQuote [(Time 0:09:04)](https://www.airr.io/quote/63c45b807f205624b64ef34f) - notes:: Autism is 1% to 2% of a population, which means it is fairly common and not rare and the increase in the autistic population that has been diagnosed is likely related to awareness, better understanding an actual diagnosis rather than attention seeking - AirrQuote [(Time 0:11:32)](https://www.airr.io/quote/63c45ae27f205624b64edd2f) - notes:: Higher levels of prenatal, testosterone and estrogen, being a potential cause of the prenatal development of autism but this cannot be used as a predictive element  - AirrQuote [(Time 0:12:30)](https://www.airr.io/quote/63c45bd77f205624b64ef9d7) - notes:: Very reminiscent of the movie, Gattaca and the topic of eugenics - AirrQuote [(Time 0:15:09)](https://www.airr.io/quote/63c45c967f205624b64f0bcf) - notes:: Stephen Hawking came to mind - AirrQuote [(Time 0:15:56)](https://www.airr.io/quote/63c45d177f205624b64f1964) - notes:: And another glaring failure of art late stage capitalism society in America is about the range and efficacy of accommodations for those with disabilities - AirrQuote [(Time 0:18:06)](https://www.airr.io/quote/63c45dea7f205624b64f35fe) - notes:: RSD and chronic trauma leading potentially to CPTSD would certainly make it hard to be happy in this society - AirrQuote [(Time 0:22:41)](https://www.airr.io/quote/63c45f587f205624b64f5bf8) - notes:: this particular point raises is an interesting thought for me is that with ADHD, hyper focus, autistic pattern, recognition and attention to detail, are they simply trying to leverage higher levels of capital gain or are simply interested in diversity,  I think it leans to the latter - AirrQuote [(Time 0:24:59)](https://www.airr.io/quote/63c45fe97f205624b64f6ad5) - notes:: Gene overlap for pattern, recognition skills and autism - AirrQuote [(Time 0:27:43)](https://www.airr.io/quote/63c461327f205624b64f8d2f) - notes:: Makes me think of my need for all of the variables, details and context when somebody asked me to take a look at something I need these things for pattern recognition