thank you Matt, in any case it goes to say that our reward system are modifiable by conscious actions that we take.
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Matt Mahoney <[email protected]>wrote: > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Logan Streondj <[email protected]> > wrote: > > You're making it sound like humans are hard-wired and incapable of > change which is completely false. > > For instance I used to eat meat covered in white flour on a daily basis. > > I changed what kinds of foods I found rewarding. > > Now I'm mostly vegan. > > The brain is hard wired to do this. When you eat something and receive > calories, your brain changes your taste perception to make it taste > better. Remember the first time you tasted beer? If you ate paper > every day, and then injected glucose into your vein right afterward, > then you would slowly learn to like the taste of paper. > > -- > -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/5037279-a88c7a6d > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
