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by Aurornis 322 days ago
Dopamine is not the catch-all, explain-everything chemical he believes it is.

He has rolled up his personality characteristics and learned behaviors and decided to blame it all on dopamine, then took it a step further and decided it must be all genetic and external to his actions.

But then he goes even a step further than that, and decides that his condition is not his fault, but everyone else who is in a similar position has done this to themselves through lifestyle choices.

> I fault him only for his youth.

From reading his post titles he’s a plus or minus 30 year old man, not a youth.