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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
The simple answer to understanding all human behavior is this.... "we do what we want to do". There is no need to hear explanations of ones behavior. That answer tells you everything you need to know. what we want to do most over-rides our decisions.
The urge to satisfy the demands of the rewards center and other neurological and physiological needs/processes is over-riding the unconscious decisions and conscious attempts at doing otherwise.
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What process in the brain makes one person wise enough to make decisions that will greatly better his chances of living well to 85 and another person to make decisions that will greatly better his chances of dying at 55? 'We do what we want to do' - many don't do what they want to do, they argue things out in a conscious debate with themselves and end up deciding not to do what they really want to do for various reasons.
Neuroscience is in its infancy, the mysteries of the brain/mind are going to be as difficult to unravel as the mysteries of the universe.