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It would short circuit your normal reward-action feedback loop. We don't live to trigger the reward, we are rewarded to live.
by chrischen 10y ago
It would short circuit your normal reward-action feedback loop. We don't live to trigger the reward, we are rewarded to live.
- pavel_lishin 10y agoSo how does addiction work?
- chrischen 10y agoAddiction works like that (what I said above). It's bad because it gives you no reason to do the stuff you'd normally have to do to stay alive or reproduce.
- collyw 10y agoRubbish, most smokers are addicted, and get on with life fine.
- chrischen 10y agoSmoking is different from dopamine releasing drugs. Smoking's addiction mechanic isn't dopamine release. Dopamine is the body's natural pleasure signal and short circuiting that would cause the issues I mentioned.
- collyw 10y agoYou seem to be changing your argument now. It was addiction that "worked like that" your comment.