Tuesday, February 19, 2008

One pill makes you larger...


...and one pill makes you small. Well, not entirely, but this little gem I dug up in relation to a discussion in my cyborgs class references two other articles: one in which a pill is used to induce autism-like anti-social number-crunching states of consciousness, while the other inhibits the production of an enzyme which is apparently the cause of many of the symptoms of autism.

Granted, both achievements have only been made in the brains of mice, but it's an interesting look into what may be a future with far fewer speed-addicted college students. Well, at least those who are doing addys and rits for the purpose of studying that is...

Link: One Pill Makes You Autistic -- One Pill Changes You Back

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