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Perhaps, but that also sounds remarkably like “I’m not addicted to caffeine because I could quit any time I wanted.”
by baddox 8y ago
Perhaps, but that also sounds remarkably like “I’m not addicted to caffeine because I could quit any time I wanted.”
- mikeash 8y agoI mean, that statement is often true. Again, what would be the motivation for quitting?
- baddox 8y agoI quit caffeine mostly because I was drinking a lot of soda and was concerned about the sugar, but I would think that, all else being equal, people would rather not be dependent on caffeine for maintaining their sleep/wake schedule. When people say “I’m a zombie until I have my first cup of coffee,” do you think they mean that in a good way?
- Dylan16807 8y ago> I would think that, all else being equal, people would rather not be dependent on caffeine for maintaining their sleep/wake schedule. I agree only because caffeine has such a slow half life in the body and it's hard to control withdrawl. If you had something almost the same as caffeine, that you could use to wake up faster and get tired faster, with the only negative effect being ten minutes of zombie in the morning, that would be great for so many people.
- Dylan16807 8y ago"I could quit any time" and "I don't need to quit because it's not unhealthy" are very different statements. Though how much evidence would you need for someone being able to quit caffeine? If they abstain for a month, is that enough?
- baddox 8y agoWell, no, that isn’t enough. It’s relatively easy for a cigarette smoker to quit for a month, or even addicts of much harder drugs. It’s the forever part that’s difficult.
- Dylan16807 8y agoYou didn't answer the question of how much evidence is enough. You can only expect someone to disrupt their appetite so much to prove a point. Is it effectively impossible to prove to your satisfaction?