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Please don't use words that have a real medical meaning in such an inaccurate and casual way. Calling things addictive has real consequences in terms of legisla
by superkuh 6y ago
Please don't use words that have a real medical meaning in such an inaccurate and casual way. Calling things addictive has real consequences in terms of legislators taking these confused public sentiments as fact and then trying to use force against the groups that are "addicted". Addiction has never been proven in this context.
Addiction is a a real, serious problem with drugs that effect the brains reward system (opioids) or prediction of reward (amphetamines). It is not a real problem associated with using online forums using a computer.
- tgv 6y agoIf it was just opioids or ampthetamines, alcohol or nocotine wouldn't be addictive, would it? Please don't use incomplete or irrelevant factoids when you contradict. But prediction of reward might very well be a concise description of the drive behind social media use.
- superkuh 6y ago>If it was just opioids or ampthetamines, Obviously it's not. I gave examples of two drugs and their direct mechanisms of action. >But prediction of reward might very well be a concise description of the drive behind social media use. No, that's a description of a living mammal brain. Addiction is when that system is hijacked directly, not when it is doing it's normal thing in response to stimuli.
- tgv 6y agoThen why did you write up that precise phrase? You're upset about what I wrote, that much is obvious.
- superkuh 6y agoI get you're concentrating on me not listing every mechanism of directly effecting the biochemistry of the reward and reward prediction substrates in the brain. But that doesn't matter. The distinction I'm trying to get across here is that normal stimuli that are just perceptions are not intrinsically addictive and when you claim one is there is a need for evidence of the claim.