Friday, October 26, 2018
Who likes alcohol?
Another item from ScienceDaily, vaguely connected to previous item.
This is a study of how alcohol forms addiction. The details don't strike me as important, but the FACT that studies on this subject are now being funded and published is important. For many decades the "science" establishment told us COUNTERFACTUALLY that alcohol was beneficial, while focusing 10000% on the evils of tobacco. "Health" advice told us that we should avoid tobacco entirely and drink one or two glasses of wine per day.
Now the two traditional drugs are getting more appropriate and balanced attention, more in line with the Natural Law approach. Both drugs have benefits and harms, but alcohol is BY FAR the more aggressive and destructive.
Alcohol kills FAST, and alcohol kills OTHER PEOPLE through car crashes and violence. Tobacco has the OPPOSITE effect, keeping people calm and sane in difficult times.
In the intro to this article:
Even pesky fruit flies have a hankering for alcohol, and because the molecular signals involved in forming flies' reward and avoidance memories are much the same as those in humans, they're a good model for study.Who hankers? Every animal that eats fruits and grains. Carnivores don't hanker for alcohol.** Among humans the correlation is the same but the causation is reversed. The ethnic groups that can't tolerate alcohol tend to be carnivores, and tend to be warrior tribes. Ethnic groups that can take alcohol in moderation tend to be farming tribes. Cultural choice is determined by physical tolerance. ** The Youtube clip of a dog refusing to drink beer is remarkable. The dog is saying two things. (1) Damn! This is bad shit! I'm not gonna drink it! and (2) Hey! I'm not in charge here, but you're my friend and I want you to live. Please don't drink this shit! It will kill you!
Labels: Answered better than asked, metametrology
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