[ExI] addiction

[William Flynn Wallace]

Adrian, I do not have any trouble with what you say.  'Damage' might not be
the right word, but I dunno.  In extreme cases we are sure brain damage
exists. In others the brain tests might not be anywhere near the averages,
but to call the differences wrong, bad, a disease, is quite another.

I am still waiting for those voluntary behaviors you say are lost.  bill w

On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 11:04 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 7:17 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> I do not accept that voluntary control of anything is lost except in
>> brain damage.  bill w
>>
>
> Then think of addiction as a form of brain damage.  A slow, subtle,
> insidious sort that typically takes months to develop - as opposed to
> sudden trauma like getting a railroad spike through the brain - but still.
>
> Given the brain structure changes and neurochemicals involved, there are
> quite a few people who consider addiction to be a form of brain damage.
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