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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 13 May 2015 07:23:15PM 0 points [-]

I didn't think it out in detail, but it seems to me that people bond over superstimuli, so people who are immune to superstimuli and people who are subject to superstimuli will have a harder time feeling connected to each other.

I think it's more likely to be possible to create people who are immune to a list of superstimuli rather than people who are immune to all superstimuli.

Comment author: Lumifer 13 May 2015 07:44:04PM 2 points [-]

people bond over superstimuli

People bond over strong shared emotions.

If you are willing to equate superstimuli to strong emotions then "people who are immune to superstimuli" are common -- we call them "depressed", "anhedonic", and "possessing a flat affect".