Same, I’m also a dev who prefers working off a notebook screen. This fact boggles the minds of my coworkers, especially my boss who seems mortally offended that I only work on one screen.

I guess that means I’ve broken the social norms of a corporate slave?

Interesting point! I’ve often wondered how much chemistry/our endocrine system effects our personality. Especially by the time we hit puberty again, I assume we’d be acting like a horny teenager again regardless of our past lives.

That said it’s worth mentioning that the title of the post directly states that we would have our current mind intact. So for the purposes of this thought experiment I’m going to assume all of our memories and thoughts would be completely intact, only our body chemistry will likely shift some of our drives and impulses.

Sounds like it’s time to find a new primary doctor, that’s insane.

But here’s the fun thing, your brain is incredibly flexible when you are that age. So your ability to learn and retain at the age of 8 would be significantly easier than it is as an adult. So yes if you put your mind to it, you could potentially be significantly smarter than you are as an adult.

Long story short this could easily 2x your education giving you genius level intelligence you’d get to retain even when you become an adult again.

I feel like more context is needed for those unfamiliar with the article.