RT @C_A_Soper: @robsica but a permanent alternative to suffering, a way out of pain, is always available to humans (if, as in this article,…
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@robsica but a permanent alternative to suffering, a way out of pain, is always available to humans (if, as in this article, unspoken, unspeakable). Compulsive self-medication may be an evolved strategy for survival. If your choice is btw suicide or using,
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#EvoSuicide BY-PRODUCT 7: Soper (2018)–PAIN-BRAIN. By-product of 2 adaptations: pain (demands escape) + brain (adult human intellect offers escape by self-killing). Adaptive problem managed by evolved anti-suicide defences. @C_A_Soper 14/15 https://t.co/Q5