05-18-2019, 07:44 AM
The problem with the OP's theory is that EVERYTHING we do that makes us feel good gives us a hit of dopamine. It's one of the ways that biology has developed to encourage survival. Eating things high in fat or sugar? Dopamine. Hugging another person? Dopamine! So since we are a tribal species, it makes sense that we get dopamine for helping the tribe.
However, we can get dopamine from doing bad things, too! Do you like to make people cry? Well, I'm sure you get a nice hit of dopamine every time you push someone over the edge. Even people who self harm do so because it gives them dopamine. Dopamine is actually there to condition us to be "addicted" to ANY behavior that seems to benefit us. I bet "bad people" get a "much stronger hit of dopamine" from doing bad things than the "average person" does, too. Anyway, again, I fail to see the point, unless you are just trying to be subversive and intentionally promote a negative use of the Law of One philosophy.
However, we can get dopamine from doing bad things, too! Do you like to make people cry? Well, I'm sure you get a nice hit of dopamine every time you push someone over the edge. Even people who self harm do so because it gives them dopamine. Dopamine is actually there to condition us to be "addicted" to ANY behavior that seems to benefit us. I bet "bad people" get a "much stronger hit of dopamine" from doing bad things than the "average person" does, too. Anyway, again, I fail to see the point, unless you are just trying to be subversive and intentionally promote a negative use of the Law of One philosophy.
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