[MD] Media As Epistemology and what it means for Truth

[Louise Pryor]

Dan Glover asked:

>
> Since you say you've been doing research, I was  wondering if you've
> heard of anyone tying the rise in autism rates to toddlers watching
> tv?


Hi Dan,

The results are not all in yet, but  a study was conducted at Cornell
University, concluding;

"As a final point, although as discussed our results do not definitively
prove that early

childhood television watching is an important trigger for autism, we believe
our results provide

sufficient support for the possibility that until further research can be
conducted it might be

prudent to act as if it were."


My main concern is the effects on kids - these are the leaders of tomorrow,
and I don't think it is given nearly enough thought, as to how all this
"programming" of tiny minds is going to change the world - not for the best,
I fear.

Thanx for asking!

Lu