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		<title>Esa, on the Facts about Dr. Poul Thorsen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After listening to the anti-vax crowd shout about Thorsen as proof of conspiracy, I decided to look for the facts. A lot of the news I found was not in English, so it was not an easy task. But I did find one useful statement, so&#8230; here&#8217;s what we know for sure so far (though [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esattezza.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7523007&amp;post=265&amp;subd=esattezza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Autism: Time for Civility</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We can talk about treatments, accommodations, services, education, even identifying genetic markers&#8230; but a cure? I doubt we will find this. Especially not for people who are already autistic&#8221; Actually, I have much more hope about this than I did a year ago. There&#8217;ve been studies coming out where mice with the known Rett Syndrome [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esattezza.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7523007&amp;post=262&amp;subd=esattezza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Esa, on IMFAR and the Return of Autism Awareness Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s April once again &#8211; Autism Awareness Month as it was when I decided to begin this blog. The next 30 days are sure to be full of a great deal of exciting news in the autism world, as well as many heated battles as I beat back pseudoscience in the field one blog [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esattezza.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7523007&amp;post=215&amp;subd=esattezza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Esa, sharing an autism interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AOL health posted an excellent pair of interviews, entitled  &#8221;Autism Experts on Causes, Cures and Controversies&#8221;, earlier this month. In it, we get the perspectives of Dr. Paul Offit, author of Autism&#8217;s False Prophets and board member of the Autism Science Foundation, and Dr. Geri Dawson, chief medical officer of Autism Speaks on a range [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esattezza.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7523007&amp;post=218&amp;subd=esattezza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Esa, on Rebirth</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This feels a bit like walking into a confessional and preparing to utter &#8220;Forgive me Father, for I have sinned&#8221;. Interesting that I should feel trepidation and associate it with this, as I have not been to confession since the sacrament was required of me by my family, at an age before I could fully [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esattezza.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7523007&amp;post=206&amp;subd=esattezza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Esa, on religious skepticism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following post is a philosophy paper I wrote in my freshmen year of college discussing possible arguments for and against the existence of God. I post it here now after an interesting discussion over on the SBM blog in hopes that the off-topic conversation over there may continue here. I know reasoning in this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esattezza.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7523007&amp;post=166&amp;subd=esattezza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Esa, on communication and being the new kid on the block</title>
		<link>http://esattezza.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/communication-and-being-the-new-kid-on-the-block/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bit of a personal post today&#8230; So, as you may have gleaned from my previous post, I have only just started working at my graduate institution. My program is part of a larger medical school which, in turn, is only one of many medical schools and hospitals in the area. I have lived in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esattezza.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7523007&amp;post=162&amp;subd=esattezza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Esa, on Lost Time</title>
		<link>http://esattezza.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/esa-on-lost-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello again everyone, I would like to apologize for my absence over the last month, much of which I was without internet access for.  My life got more than a little busy and, as I had not yet made a habit of writing here, it fell by the wayside. Where have I been? Well, graduating [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esattezza.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7523007&amp;post=157&amp;subd=esattezza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Esa, on&#8230; Rush Limbaugh?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 02:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, I will warn you: this post has nothing to do with graduate school or science. Second, I&#8217;m sorry I have been neglecting my blogging duties. I actually just had my college graduation last week and have been packing to move off to graduate school. (Fine, you caught me, I wasn&#8217;t officially a graduate student [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esattezza.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7523007&amp;post=151&amp;subd=esattezza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Esa, on  the Importance of Scientific Discourse</title>
		<link>http://esattezza.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/importance-of-scientific-discourse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 13:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In his inaugural address, President Obama spoke of restoring science to its proper place. This statement was as heartening to me as to any other scientist, but I fear that the unspoken premises behind it may ultimately prove detrimental to the goal. It is all too easy to fault the previous administration for the recent descent of science in the public eye. However, the issue is vastly more complex, and a change in government policy cannot alone alter the public perception of science.

There are other forces working against scientific progress. For example, in his commentary, Wolpe states, “Science tends to be portrayed by the media in extremes, as a series of sensationalized discoveries punctuated by conflicts and scandals” (p. 1023). This is a valid point of contention between scientists and mass media in an age where networks are dismissing their science reporters, replacing them with young journalists, so eager to get “both sides of the story” that they miss the fact that one side is complete bunk. Unfortunately, just as blame does not lie solely with the government, scientists cannot automatically demonize journalists for vandalizing their ivory towers. Scientists must accept some of the responsibility and, in doing so, come down from those towers and participate in public discourse.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esattezza.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7523007&amp;post=143&amp;subd=esattezza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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