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    3 months ago

    Because it’s a tiny study (underpowered), with major methodological problems. The study shows essentially nothing, and yet many people in this comments page are acting like it’s now a proven fact that this is a trait of autism. And even the paper itself says this trait isn’t necessarily any more common in autistic people than in the general population.