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Originally Posted by dead_battery
the neurological reality OVERPOWERS culture. you can hear all the bullshit about free will and positive thinking blah blah blah but the fucking addicted brain does not get such an intense sensation from that that its addictive pathways are deactivated.
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That is not true either. For example, we have very distinctly, neurochemically hard-wired sexual desires and impulses, yet we are not overpowered by them enough to say, begin masturbating in the middle of the mall or just sexually assault every person we're attracted too.. Culture is a powerful way in which humans have devised mechanisms to better understand and yes control reactions to neurochemistry.
This is because humans are social mammals, we are as hard-wired to respect other humans as we are to take shits and sleep at night.