Oddbean new post about login | logout @b05df304 ok, you might pass the test. The test would check that you understand that it might fry some neurons (I actually don't know how bad alcohol is on brain development at this age) and leave you someone disabled compared to another kid who hasn't had alcohol until a certain age. There would also be a test that determines whether you need parental supervision to do various kinds of things, including taking drinking-ability tests. So I think there would be a way for some gifted kids to gain more freedom from the law or from their oppressive parents but it would be rare.
@ff56f6d6 @b05df304 there is a huberman podcast on alcohol that is absolutely worth the listen. I still drink though https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/111/152/495/277/714/467/original/dc060f6c8b6db00a.jpg
@644cda1d @b05df304 thanks for sharing. I'm watching the parts that interest me. As a personal anecdote, psilocybin makes me forget how to enjoy drinking. After relearning how to drink a few times, I stopped drinking altogether. Alcohol now feels destructive, much like an escape into a dead end.
@ff56f6d6 I dont drink very often.. largely because one drink just makes me tired and feel shitty.. I drink, very rarely, but to get drunk, and pay for it the next day. Thankfully I'm only dumb enough to do that to myself like once a year max. Only thing I will really ever be caught doing is the devils lettuce from time to time, usually as edibles. @644cda1d
