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Re:Ask HN: Have you improved non measurable qualities like i... by dragonwriter on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:49PM (#27668642)
> If "psychic" powers go away on medication, but come back if it is reduced, is that evidence to you that they are a type of symptom?

If physical abilities go away when you take medication, does that mean the ability was a “symptom” or that the loss was a “side effect” ofbthe drugs? Usually, the latter.

Why would it be any different for psychic abilities, except from the perspective of one who takes as given that the ability doesn't exist and that discussion of it is merely discussion of the delusion of having the ability?

Re:Ask HN: Have you improved non measurable qualities like i... by perl4ever on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:46PM (#27669282)
Do you think drugs always take away abilities and never provide them?