From 41cc143387b96119ea18a507972be71b008170de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: zleyyij <75810274+zleyyij@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 10:51:12 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] vault backup: 2024-10-09 10:51:12 --- education/english/ENGL2010/Addiction Analysis.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/education/english/ENGL2010/Addiction Analysis.md b/education/english/ENGL2010/Addiction Analysis.md index af682b5..ae52b0b 100644 --- a/education/english/ENGL2010/Addiction Analysis.md +++ b/education/english/ENGL2010/Addiction Analysis.md @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ - Socrates felt that this didn't make sense, arguing that actions always reveal true beliefs - "Socrates clearly never went to a restaurant with unlimited chips. But he has a point. To figure out what a person’s true priorities are, we usually look to the choices they make. (“Actions speak louder than words.”) When a person binges on TV, munches chips, or gets high despite the consequences, Socrates would infer that they must care more about indulging now than about avoiding those consequences — whatever they may _say_ to the contrary" - He argues that people simply have bad judgement, and that they aren't acting against their better judgement. + - He also argues that bad decisions indicate bad priorities. - Addiction intensifies the disconnect between judgement and action - "Here’s the testimony of one person with addiction, reported in Maia Szalavitz’s book [_Unbroken Brain_](https://books.google.com/books?id=4yJ3CgAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA114#v=onepage&q&f=false): “I can remember many, many times driving down to the projects telling myself, ‘You don’t want to do this! You don’t want to do this!’ But I’d do it anyway.” - Ethos