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=== Atheist PZ Myers' blog audience and their reported Asperger's quotient test results ===

=== Atheist PZ Myers' blog audience and their reported Asperger's quotient test results ===

[[File:PZ Myers.jpg|thumbnail|220px|right|[[PZ Myers]] ]]

[[File:PZ Myers.jpg|thumbnail|220px|right|[[PZ Myers]] ]]

[[Vox Day]] has written about atheists being "socially autistic".<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2007/08/socially-autistic-atheist.html The socially autistic atheist] by [[Vox Day]], August 02, 2007</ref><ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-lesson-in-atheist-social-autism.html A lesson in atheist social autism] by [[Vox Day]], August 13, 2014</ref><ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2012/08/atheists-and-daddy-issues.html Atheists and Daddy issues] by Vox Day, August 23, 2012</ref>   

[[Vox Day]] has written about atheists being "socially autistic".<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2007/08/socially-autistic-atheist.html The socially autistic atheist] by [[Vox Day]], August 02, 2007</ref><ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-lesson-in-atheist-social-autism.html A lesson in atheist social autism] by [[Vox Day]], August 13, 2014</ref><ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2012/08/atheists-and-daddy-issues.html Atheists and Daddy issues] by Vox Day, August 23, 2012</ref>   

In fact, scores of 32 or above are one of strong indicators of having as ASD.<ref>[http://aspergerstest.net/interpreting-aq-test-results/ Interpreting Asperger's Test Results]</ref>}}

In fact, scores of 32 or above are one of strong indicators of having as ASD.<ref>[http://aspergerstest.net/interpreting-aq-test-results/ Interpreting Asperger's Test Results]</ref>}}

==== PZ Myers' antitheist blog audience and the issue of narcissism vs. Asperger's Syndrome ====

However, there is evidence which suggests that a significant portion of PZ Myers' blog audience are narcissists rather than individuals who have Asperger's Syndrome (see: [[Atheism and autism#PZ Myers' antitheist blog audience and the issue of narcissism vs. Asperger's Syndrome|Atheist PZ Myers' blog audience and their reported Asperger's quotient test results]]).

[[File:Michael Nugent.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|[[Michael Nugent]] is chairperson of Atheist Ireland. ]]

PZ Myers is a [[New Atheism|New Atheist]] and New Atheism is a contemporary form of [[antitheism]].<ref>[http://www.michaelnugent.com/2014/11/04/chronology-of-misrepresentations-and-smears-in-the-atheist-movement-by-pz-myers-and-others/ Chronology of misrepresentations and smears in the atheist movement by PZ Myers and others] by Michael Nugent on November 4, 2014</ref><ref>[http://thehumanist.com/magazine/november-december-2009/features/comes-a-horseman Comes a Horseman] by PZ Myers • 13 October 2009</ref>  Therefore, it is very probable his blog appeals to his fellow antitheists.  Social science research indicates that antitheists score the highest among [[Atheism|atheists]] when it comes to personality traits such as [[narcissism]], dogmatism, and anger.<ref>[https://shadowtolight.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/science-shows-new-atheists-to-be-mean-and-closed-minded/ Science Shows New Atheists to be Mean and Closed-Minded]</ref><ref>[http://www.thisviewoflife.com/index.php/magazine/articles/why-sam-harris-is-unlikely-to-change-his-mind10 Why Sam Harris is Unlikely to Change his Mind] by JONATHAN HAIDT, February 3, 2014 8:36 pm</ref> Furthermore, they scored lowest when it comes to agreeableness and positive relations with others.<ref>[https://shadowtolight.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/science-shows-new-atheists-to-be-mean-and-closed-minded/ Science Shows New Atheists to be Mean and Closed-Minded]</ref>

 

The atheist biologist Massimo Pigliucci said of Myers and his blog audience, "one cannot conclude this parade without mentioning P.Z. Myers, who has risen to fame because of a blog where the level of nastiness (both by the host and by his readers) is rarely matched anywhere else on the Internet...".<ref>[http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/piggliucci20150513 Reflections on the skeptic and atheist movements] By Massimo Pigliucci ''Scientia Salon'', Posted: May 13, 2015</ref>  In April 2015, Atheist Ireland announced, "Atheist Ireland is publicly dissociating itself from the hurtful and dehumanising, hateful and violent, unjust and defamatory rhetoric of the atheist blogger PZ Myers."<ref>[http://www.michaelnugent.com/2015/04/07/atheist-ireland-dissociates-from-pz-myers/ Atheist Ireland publicly dissociates itself from the harmful and hateful rhetoric of PZ Myers] by Michael Nugent, April 7, 2015</ref>

 

Dr. Mark Goulston, M.D. wrote in his article ''Just Listen - Don't Confuse a Narcissist with Asperger's Syndrome'':

{{cquote|Both narcissists and high functioning people with Asperger like features are goal minded to a fault, and both can view other people more as functions or vehicles to achieve that goal instead of as people with feelings. However a critical difference between the two is that a narcissist doesn't care if they hurt you or your feelings (and the truly malignant ones may even take delight in doing so), whereas someone with Asperger's like features would prefer not to.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-goulston-md/just-listen---dont-confus_b_316169.html ''Just Listen - Don't Confuse a Narcissist with Asperger's Syndrome''], Dr. Mark Goulston, M.D., Huffington Post</ref>}}

=== Causes of autism related to factors which exist in secular societies in the developed world ===

=== Causes of autism related to factors which exist in secular societies in the developed world ===