On 11/4/07, Matt Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's say your goal is to stimulate your nucleus accumbens. (Everyone has > this goal; they just don't know it). The problem is that you would forgo > food, water, and sleep until you died (we assume, from animal experiments).
We have no need to assume: the experiment has been done with human volunteers. They reported that the experience was indeed pleasurable - but unlike animals, they could and did choose to stop pressing the button. (The rest, I'll leave to the would-be wireheads to argue about :)) ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=60982051-57939c
