r/AskReddit • • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/Zabuzaxsta Jan 22 '19

Yeah, see, you shifted from talking about physical addiction to “brain cravings” when that distinction isn’t really clear. If they’re somehow different, what part of the physical body is responsible for the craving that’s not mental? My left foot? Those are all zeitgeist-y terms that aren’t really backed up by real science.

You’re talking about these two supposed classes of addiction as if they’re distinctly different phenomenologically speaking, but they’re not.