[ExI] addiction

[William Flynn Wallace]

And yet, people with handwashing compulsions can change.  It is not
involuntary.  bill w

On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 3:37 PM Darin Sunley via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Complex behaviors can be executed via psychological
> compulsion/"irresistible impulse".
>
> Handwashing being the canonical example.
>
> On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 2:27 PM Will Steinberg via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> Yes, food addiction is a crisis right now and yet people have decided to
>> enable it with "healthy at any size" movements.   I didn't see any "healthy
>> at any dose of dope" movements around when I was a junkie...
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2022, 3:06 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>>> *>…* *On Behalf Of *Will Steinberg via extropy-chat
>>> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] addiction
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>>> >…Willpower is complicated.  I do think addicts need personal
>>> responsibility to heal, but so do stroke victims trying to relearn how to
>>> speak or move their arm.  Would you say they simply aren't trying hard
>>> enough?  It's fucking hard
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>>> Thanksgiving at my grandparents’ house with my uncle was like Homer at
>>> the Frying Dutchman:
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>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kzb6uf0U0k
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>>> Oh that lad enjoyed his food.
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>>> spike
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