CoronadoSEAL wrote:
great thread. i'd like to post a small debate i had on the temp forums...but erm...where'd they go?
well, i argued that people only trick themselves into liking the taste (maybe subconsciously) because of the effects.
one example i used is that a person drinking non-alcoholic beer will become just as relaxed as one drinking beer with alcohol content.
dang. i wish i saved some debates i had on temp.
Not really the same.
When you taste beer, you may feel relaxed...yeah, yeah, we know you mind relates the taste of alcohol to the relaxed feeling, and so after the two are paired together long enough just the taste will trigger the feeling your mind associates with it.
Feeling relaxed is not a taste. In the instance of the non alcoholic beer your mind is pairing the taste with its effect, two things that happen together with such frequency that your brain accepts them as a pair.
You are claiming that because you enjoy the effects that your mind alters your perception to believe you also enjoy the taste. But there was no pleasant taste in conjunction with your buzz so the same principal of your mind drawing a connection between the two does not apply.
They are examples of two different things. If anything based on the non alcoholic beer example feeling relaxed should leave a bad taste in your mouth if you drink often.
Last edited by VicktorVauhn (2008-03-25 03:52:15)