Posted by Questionmark on January 31, 2005, at 7:14:04
In reply to Re: Runner's High and Marijuana, posted by Chairman_MAO on January 11, 2005, at 16:52:54
> "Not intended by evolution".
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> This is a way of dressing up a value judgement as a scientific fact. What an idiot. Anyone who actually understands evolution knows that it has no intentions!Heh. Yeah, i was basically thinking the same thing when i read that.
But still, although there is an apparent bias, he might have had a decent point in his flawed articulation of it. For instance, he probably meant that "humans did not evolve to benefit from the intake of exogenous cannabinoids"-- which is probably the case, though it is not to say that humans cannot DERIVE any worthwhile benefit from ingesting exogenous cannabinoids, which it seems Dietrich would probably disagree with.
But, now that i think of it, i can't even say why this really matters that much, aside from pure intellectual curiosity. i guess... ah, i dunno. i'm sick, and tired, and am sounding like a moron. so that's all.
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