They still are choosing sugar?
I’m addicted to nicotine and I actively choose to hit my vape, for example.
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JackRiddle@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago“People are addicted” and “actively choose it” are contradictory statements. Addiction is a disease, not a personal failing.
gears@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
GBU_28@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I’d only refute the "active"part.
You physically choose to locomote towards the counter to make the purchase, you physically choose to lift the cup to your mouth.
The problem is your own mind is working against you to make that physical choice seem absolutely mandatory, via the importance of chemical signaling
moriquende@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Agree it’s a disease, but it’s also a choice. You choose to buy a big gulp when you crave it.
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 6 months ago
That’s like saying losing chess against a grandmaster is a choice because you pick where the pieces go.
moriquende@lemmy.world 6 months ago
How is choosing to buy a sugared drink instead of water the same as playing a game of chess against a grandmaster? What exactly about it makes your analogy fit?
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 6 months ago
Here’s a few ways:
Information: does an individual know chess rules? Openings? En passant? Do they want to spend the time and effort to learn? Are they getting their info from reliable sources or are they learning bongcloud and knooks?
Difference in skill level: the food and diet industries have thousands of specialists on their side with experience in psychology, advertisement, economics, lobbying, etc. Grandmasters can set up traps that new like a good idea to their opponent while thinking 10 steps ahead.
Complexity: chess and diet are not a single choice, but a series of choices, some of which make later moves more difficult.
Effort: it takes a long time to learn enough to even put up a decent resistance to a grandmaster, let alone win. It’s more than I’d care to put in. I don’t want to think about chess all the time. That’s called a chessing disorder.