A review by transforattention
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong

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author did not do basic research into some of the studies he referenced. there are many studies debunking the microbiome of autistic kids being a cause of autism. autism is not a disease you can cure, and autistic kids needs acceptance rather than patronizing attempts to "fix" them. when you are a picky eater, your microbiome changes as a result of said eating. knowing he didn't do this basic google search level debunking makes the rest of the book impossible to take seriously. pop science at it again, dipping its toes gently into eugenics. 

if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is! let's use some critical thinking here people! 

proposing a bunch of "hypothesis" that are actually just biggoted societal views disguised as science is exhausting. i just wanted to learn about microbes???? damn dude
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