I agree. Of course genes are involved... but that doesn't make it Mendelian. Autism would be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
The fact exists that there is no singular autism gene. And there could never be a genetic test for autism. It could predict the likelihood, but it wouldn't be pass/fail. Because there are many autism-related genes but no single gene trigger like a light switch. And you could still have all of those genes turned on and not have autism due to environmental factors.
Unless we find Utopia some day, the economic system does not matter. People will have to work whether they be nomads, fishermen or fisherwomen, live in Neoliberal economies, live in Socialist economies, Communist economies or a loaner in the jungle. People have to produce: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" as they say. It's expected people who have the ability to produce to produce. It's not Wall-E land where you get plugged in and can veg out to your heart's content. We have the same phenomenon in the non-political animal kingdom. You hold your weight or you're out. We have little more ruth as a species... but not that much more because it's hard to afford more --you see even if we evenly spread the wealth from billionaires evenly, it would not amount to much for each individual -just over a thousand dollars per person and it would be a one-time thing.
cogman10|5 months ago
Autism is heritable which suggests there are autism genes involved. [1]
It's not a 100% thing, which could point to things other than genetics causing autism. It is, however, very strongly correlated to your parents.
[1] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5818813/
oortoo|5 months ago
The fact exists that there is no singular autism gene. And there could never be a genetic test for autism. It could predict the likelihood, but it wouldn't be pass/fail. Because there are many autism-related genes but no single gene trigger like a light switch. And you could still have all of those genes turned on and not have autism due to environmental factors.
mc32|5 months ago