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Re:Do It Yourself Brain Stimulation has Scientists Worried by jlgreco on Friday June 14, 2013 @04:19PM (#5882246)
Seems pretty easy to test, though hard to test ethically perhaps. Wire someone up, flip the switch, tell them that they can turn it off if they don't like it. If they like it, then is it not by definition pleasure? Perhaps they find "wanting" to be pleasurable, but I know that I for one do not.
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Re:Do It Yourself Brain Stimulation has Scientists Worried by nazgulnarsil on Friday June 14, 2013 @04:31PM (#5882317)
it has been tried on humans only twice AFAIK
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Re:Do It Yourself Brain Stimulation has Scientists Worried by bumbledraven on Friday June 14, 2013 @06:41PM (#5882939)
Details/cite?
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Re:Do It Yourself Brain Stimulation has Scientists Worried by s_baby on Friday June 14, 2013 @08:37PM (#5883341)
http://www.wireheading.com/delgado/index.html
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Re:Do It Yourself Brain Stimulation has Scientists Worried by nazgulnarsil on Friday June 14, 2013 @10:15PM (#5883623)
hadn't seen this. Thank you!
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Re:Do It Yourself Brain Stimulation has Scientists Worried by s_baby on Saturday June 15, 2013 @06:45AM (#5884701)
There was a particular case study I can't find that documented intense euphoria. To the point the subjects were borderline dysfunctional, like the rats with the cocaine dispensing lever experiment.
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Re:Do It Yourself Brain Stimulation has Scientists Worried by nazgulnarsil on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @12:52AM (#5897633)
brb heading to Hong Kong for illicit surgery.
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