tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430111450575356526.post3490174502402179398..comments2024-03-22T22:09:09.407+00:00Comments on Imperfect Cognitions: Addiction and ChoiceKengo Miyazonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01643685718519136099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430111450575356526.post-60496890847679500842017-02-17T15:50:56.842+00:002017-02-17T15:50:56.842+00:00Hi Hank,
Whether our 'normal choices' are ...Hi Hank,<br />Whether our 'normal choices' are ultimately free or constrained is an enormous topic which Gabriel and I would not dream of trying to answer, even assuming it can be answered. But the point about addictive choices, and how they may be considered constrained in a special way, is that they contradict previously made resolutions to choose otherwise. If you had previously resolved never to watch football on TV again because of the harm it was for some reason causing you, or if you had specifically vowed not to watch this particular match, but you then went ahead and watched it anyway, you would be subject to the kind of constraints on choice addicts experience. (I should speak for myself here, not necessarily Gabriel).<br /><br />Did you really play football for Germany? Crikes!<br />Nick Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290016456437436034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430111450575356526.post-41258717471487996142017-02-16T22:25:27.917+00:002017-02-16T22:25:27.917+00:00Hmmm "turning on the television" as &quo...Hmmm "turning on the television" as "normal choice." It's the World Cup finals. You've played football (soccer for US types) until you were 40 and even did a stint with your own native German team. Germany is one of the finalists. The other team is France. How "free" is your choice to turn on, or turn off, the TV?Hank Robbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430111450575356526.post-10378321779899694552017-02-16T20:15:57.674+00:002017-02-16T20:15:57.674+00:00In my life time I have yet to see anybody or hear ...In my life time I have yet to see anybody or hear anybody say I am going to be an alcoholic today or I am going to be an addict today. Instead I have heard it said I do enjoy drinking and it solves my problems at the moment and don't realize how much I actually consumed and look at me know I CANT STOP. Ive also heard it said that I tried it a few times at a party but never realized how much I liked it and how often I was actually using in reference to drugs. yes it is a choice whether or not one chooses to try something for the first time but as to whether or not one has an addictive personality can play a major factor in the problem. As so much to say that a skinny woman can eat chocolate all day and never gain a pound and an over weight girl has chocolate twice a month but is considered to be overweight because she tries some. life sucks in general so instead of finding blame lets help to resolve and get out the messege of prevention and awareness. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16873901631427983137noreply@blogger.com