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Also if you're on the spectrum, if there was a drug that could make someone autistic temporarily, would you recommend it to others?
by hirundo 7y ago
Also if you're on the spectrum, if there was a drug that could make someone autistic temporarily, would you recommend it to others?
- thanatropism 7y agoNot autistic, but bipolar: you can achieve a reasonable simulation of euphoric mania, but that's not quite the same as a lifetime of dealing with that.
- krageon 7y agoIt is not the same, but it is equally amazing. Of course euphoric mania has the significant downside of being measurably harmful to your brain in the long term and is thus perhaps not a good comparison.
- pavel_lishin 7y agoI wish we lived in Banks' Culture, where this sort of thing was possible. I'd love to see what it's like to be on the spectrum, or what it's like to be gay, or what it's like to have a body of a different gender, or what it's like to be a bat.
- ActorNightly 7y agoI would. I think that being able to experience "emotion independence" in the sense that you can act on things that make sense rather than those that have the best emotional outcome can be good for people.
- tick_tock_tick 7y agoadderall?