I suppose I see voodoo in a simplistic, Hollywood way. I’m not familiar with voodoo, and I said it kind of tongue in cheek.

The only folk magic I am familiar with is the Lakota Indian corn dance .

I don’t see any posts about voodoo at Neuroskeptic. Just posts that use the word voodoo as shorthand for who knows what, with pictures influenced by Hollywood voodoo, and all in reference to one article he didn’t write that had voodoo in the title and seemed to be using it in the same shallow Hollywood way.

Actual voodoo being a set of religions derived from a combination of African, Christian, and sometimes American Indian religions. And there’s a lot more to them than sticking pins in dolls. (Which actually is done for very different reasons than the Hollywood-influenced pictures on that guy’s blog, when it is done at all.) Or other forms of folk magic.

Somebody put it, "It is what we say it is."

I thought it was Neuroskeptic, but I can't find it. He does have some interesting posts on voodoo. My husband always referred to psychiatry as modern voodoo.

My father was a bartender. As kids, we just saw it as "the human condition". But you can't charge to cure the human condition, because EVERYBODY has it in one way or another.

I had to force myself to keep reading it…..because I was getting more and more creeped out/disturbed…..

I feel like I have a bit to say about this but nothing is coming out.

I wish you a speedy recovery from your stomach virus.

I am researching cultural variation in autism currently. I am very interested in the exportation of Western perceptions of autism as a static paradigm, and in helping to dispel this myth. I truly enjoy your work!

I am hoping (as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst), to develop a critique of ABA for the lack of using cultural specificity in the methodology. I am also interested in looking at autism from a strength-based perspective.

Your work has hugely influenced me. I am also the parent of a daughter on the spectrum, and my work focuses on strength-based assessments in adults with autism to design useful and meaningful supports.