Thank you. Good examples. Yes, some substances cause more inflammation than others. The tar in cigarette smoke more so than vaping vapour. Vegetable oil more th

Thank you. Good examples. Yes, some substances cause more inflammation than others. The tar in cigarette smoke more so than vaping vapour. Vegetable oil more than lard or beef dripping. Yes, it gets worse with age. However, people don't prefer substances that cause more inflammation because they cause more inflammation, rather people prefer things that they find more pleasurable. This might include not having to switch restaurants and consuming things that are cheaper. This is not inconsistent with the idea that chronic pleasure-seeking without respite causes chronic inflammation, e.g. if we indulge gluttonous impulses by eating sufficient amounts of chips fried in lard with mountains of blueberries for pudding then we're going to acquire the same problem. >Self-stimulating activities and inflammation are orthogonal. Mechanical problems don't always cause accidents and accidents aren't always the result of mechanical problems. I guess I'm claiming that they aren't. That car accidents aren't usually caused by mechanical faults was my point. >smoking pot is anti-inflammatory On the face of it this does look like a good counter-example. I might have to do some reading! It could be that cannabis relieves mental stress by a different route and this outweighs the effects of the 'high' (is there a high?) >PS: are you a bear or ilk? No, I'm not a joiner but I'm sympathetic to those guys. Discovered! Let me add that I don't think that the inflammation problem is unsolvable. I'm a firm believer that everything good can ultimately be felt to be good, to the point where no discipline is required to purse it.