Doomsider

I have avoided running into multiple bikes because I was able to hear them over the course of my life. I am going to have to call bullshit.

Oh yeah of course. I was more speaking to the psychological factors of why we fall for the artificial hate.

Oh so like some kind of psychosis related to reading. I think there may be something like this related to religion. People who are obsessed with religious texts developing derangement.

Also, there are books that are anecdotally connected to crimes like catcher and the rye and count of monte Cristo.

I am pretty sure you said

"Loud pipes save the lives of the people driving around on them, mostly, so not sure that’s a good argument"

Save the lives of people driving around them is not what loud pipes save lives means. I was just pointing that out. Cheers!

It depends on the drug honestly. But yes, generally there is irreversible neural and physical damage caused to the body.

Take huffing for instance. It is a very powerful addiction that causes a lot of brain damage. But is it really the chemical being huffed or is it another mechanism like oxygen deprivation.

This is why I say it depends and once again I think most the damage would come from the results of addiction (which is just pathways being reinforced in the mind). A lot of time with drugs like meth most of the damage comes from people not taking care of themselves (not eating, sleeping, etc.).

The ruling class in that book make a very similar argument to your post. It also has some really cool elements like re-envisioning history.

The way I understand it the brain makes pathways that get reinforced through usage and time. In this respect if we do anything repeatedly it will reinforce those pathways. Reading lots of books would reinforce this type of pathway.

I think the element you are missing is the damage. What damage does reading do if it is not an addiction and only reinforces pathways in the mind. When you do drugs it reinforces other pathways but also does actual damage through a number mechanisms.

I am a bit of a seasoned driver and I grew up in the Seattle area. I have had a number of close calls and the motorcycles being loud was 100% a protective factor.

You can pretend whatever you want, but clearly I can't agree with you.

It is an interesting thought experiment for sure. Anything can be an addiction and I am sure people have been addicted to reading.

I like defining an addiction as a repetitive behavior that significantly disrupts your ability to function. I think the second part is most important. If you can lead a normal life and still read a lot of books, do drugs, gamble, etc. it isn't a problem.

I have been looking into it. It is a combination of WIPO (which is a trade organization promoted by corporations that are against 3D printing in general) and Billionaire Bloomberg's Everytown.

There are some other notable players as well but these are the two main forces. At first glance Everytown seems like a sensible organization. As I dig deeper it appears they want to counter balance the NRA, but they are not anti-gun at all.

This leads me to believe that they are just an alternative NRA (which has been used as a tool to increase gun sales for years).

I will keep on researching it.

It is a play on Fahrenheit 451. Good book if you have not read it.

You literally said why can't your big ass car make that much sound. It can, much more than a motorcycle.