Oh good now we can give everyone autism so they’ll be reasonable.
Given that the biggest neurological basis for asd is a lack of pruning of synaptic connections compared to neurotypical development, reasonableness likely would not from a full societal shift to asd.
Unfortunately the neural network of the worst among us wouldn't be eliminated, just augmented, see the self proclaiming elon musk. Asd or not humans are still human, we all have our struggles and demons.
I should have guessed. Every time we solve a problem as a species it makes more and bigger problems.
Wow… right at the end:
He adds: “Interestingly, the genetic variants we studied are also implicated in other neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. So, this library may be useful for studying other conditions as well.”
These have been harder to pin down than autism spectrum. So this could have some pretty profound consequences.
*in mice
General discussions about "science" itself
Be sure to also check out these other Fediverse science communities: