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Cara Santamaria

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

due to that vacuum.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

Low pressure causes the air to follow.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

Low pressure causes the water to follow.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

But the problem is if you don't pour it in fast, then you just overflow your toilet.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

So when toilets overflow, it's because there's a blockage.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

Oh, yeah.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

It was the pricing where they don't charge you right then.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

Oh, this is such an interesting story, and it's just getting deeper and deeper.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

So the New York Times did a big investigative report that they published on May 23rd, so just two days ago as of this recording, where they've published like a series of articles.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

One is very, very long form.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

One is sort of a

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

takeaway there's some videos that accompanying it and they're all about autism clinics that are rapidly growing across the united states apparently in canada as well and you do see some of them across the globe now have you guys heard of an autism clinic not at all i know i have not

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

Right.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

So these are clinics that offer like pediatric occupational therapy, speech therapy, but most of them are fundamentally based in an approach to treatment called applied behavior analysis.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

And there's a lot of controversy around applied behavioral analysis.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

That is not really what we're going to be focusing on.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

We could do an entire different day where we talk about applied behavior analysis, something that was developed specifically for working with children with autism.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

and has kind of just grown and exploded.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

It is viewed as an evidence-based approach by most major organizations, but there are always, within each of these sort of major organizations, there are critics that argue that it sort of advocates for conformity.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

I guess that's a good way to put it because it's based in behavior techniques, right?