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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Machaon who wrote (20526)	12/8/2002 8:59:31 PM
From: AK2004	Respond to of 27666

Robert re: against terrorism, and against the criminally insane, who know no human boundaries. is not 1st is a subset of 2nd? Regards -Albert

To: Machaon who wrote (20526)	12/9/2002 5:04:36 AM
From: zonder	Respond to of 27666

In parts of California, for instance, which has a real bad smog/pollution problem, there has been a dramatic increase in children born with autism. The concentration of autistic children in California is attributed to a certain kind of people in the region due to the recent establishment of the Silicon Valley in that region. People we call "nerds" - socially inadept, interested in mathematical problem solving, etc - tend to have autistic children in much higher percentages than normal. Read below for details: The Geek Syndrome Autism - and its milder cousin Asperger's syndrome - is surging among the children of Silicon Valley. Are math-and-tech genes to blame? wired.com