How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds

Re:How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds by clock_tower on Friday May 20, 2016 @08:13PM (#11742495)

That's certainly true, but that doesn't mean I trust sucralose and stevia extract (or food-grade aluminum, or long-term storage in BPA-bearing plastic).

Nor do I trust certain natural additives or physical processing methods; chemical is full of unknowns, but natural can be harmful too. I try to avoid white flour and added sugar, for example, and I have my doubts about how good of an idea it was to breed all this sweetness into modern fruit...

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Re:How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds by hueving on Saturday May 21, 2016 @08:22PM (#11746862)

>chemical is full of unknowns, but natural

Nature is chemicals. What you are saying is that you trust the chemical outputs of the chaotic natural environment more than the ones produces by scientists.

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Re:How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds by clock_tower on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @08:32PM (#11774300)

I'm way too late responding to this, but yes, I do; the chemicals of nature (except for recent extracts like sugar and white flour) are things we co-evolved with.

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