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andai
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How to overcome Phone Addiction
Reminds me of the experiments on rats, where they couldn't even convince them to try heroin (-laced water) if they were living in a natural environment, whereas the rats stuck in cages became addicted to heroin immediately.
latexr
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For anyone interested in learning more, search for “rat park”:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park
wisty
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Extraordinary results, but even the author's graduate student had difficulty replicating them.
rsanek
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and be sure not to miss the Criticisms section of that Wiki.
greggman3
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Sadly that fun story was mostly discredited
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