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Aella
@Aella_Girl
People are mad at this, but I don't understand. The results feel like a great argument for (at least some level of) autism. If people *with* autism are much more likely to prefer it continue than people without, then this strikes me as a great pro-autism argument.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Are you autistic? || If you press the button, no person with autism is ever born again (or become autistic through other means), though existing people are left unchanged. Do you press the button?
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@Moonsoother
Yeah, this is sort of what makes the question interesting to me? Like, I'm on the spectrum and *strongly* value the kind of brain I have and other brains like me. Would I sacrifice that in order to spare people the pain of very severe autism? I don't know it's real tough.
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Alex Plank
@alexplank
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@Aella_Girl
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@Moonsoother
How do you even know they have pain though? If you do think they have pain, how do you know it’s from being autistic and not from something else? How do you know the pain isn’t from the way they’re treated by others? Can they even determine where their own pain comes from?
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