Recreational Autism Possible?

Recreational Autism Possible?

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Need to finish that work project, and wish you had the mental intensity to do it? Just take a synapse-regulating inhibitor, induce temporary autism, and you'll want to ignore your friends and do nothing but number-crunching for days."

Last night, in fact, a group German researchers announced they'd perfected the method for inducing autism. (They can also cure it.)

(visit the link for the full news article)

If autism is so easy to cure, why are so many children walking around with autism?

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Originally posted by Choronzon


If autism is so easy to cure, why are so many children walking around with autism?

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Your OP is about inducing autism temporarily, not about curing it...
So I don't understand your question.

This is amazing research.

I'm not sure how 'useful' becoming autistic might be, but the research that can reverse the condition is wonderful!

Autism symptoms reversed in lab

Obviously, there is still a long way to go before this works for humans.

[edit on 30-1-2008 by loam]

I say hell yeah man. I'm headin' to Vegas. One for bad, two for good baby!

Seriously though, this kind of research gives me the creeps!

Peace

[edit on 30-1-2008 by Dr Love]

I do like that Autism is receiving some deserved research towards cure. I agree with the the good Dr. from TX. Creee-heee-heeepy. 100%. Glad it's only been phamacologically induced in mice - for now. Brave New World? Call me a coward... this stuff makes me pretty concerned. Cutting edge research, the two-edged blade... or the multi-pointed throwing star.

"Reduced social interaction and ultrasonic communication in a mouse model of monogenic heritable autism"

Vic

reply to post by buddhasystem

Your OP is about inducing autism temporarily, not about curing it...
So I don't understand your question.

Uh, the article states that they also have the ability to cure it....*shakes head*...

[edit on 1/30/2008 by Choronzon]

uh autism is much more than this....

Originally posted by tomcat ha
uh autism is much more than this....

That was my point. Why mess around with something so complicated. I sure wouldn't.