Autism Wars: Chris Mooney vs. Ginger Taylor

By: J. Bradley Borden

There's often a lot of talk about Autism Wars when it comes to vaccines and a host of other issues. On the surface, it would appear that we have a real battle on our hands between Chris Mooney of the L.A. Times versus Ginger Taylor of Adventures in Autism and contributor to The Age of Autism.

Article vs Article:

• Chris Mooney: Bringing science back into America's sphere (L.A. Times)
• Ginger Taylor: Unscientific Scientists (Adventures in Autism) (also available at Age of Autism: Responding to Chris Mooney in the LAT)

The Contenders: Chris Mooney

• Chris Mooney is a professional journalist and author. Detailed information about his life and work can be found on Wikipedia: Chris Mooney. This guy is all over the place and even appeared made a 2005 appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Chris is for sure the favorite in this battle between the professional and the blogger, the "man of science" versus the pissed off autism mommy.

The gist of his argument here is that according to Chris "Scientists are super smart" and over time often forget that masses are not super smart.

[FULL ARTICLE AT AGE OF AUTISM]