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Comment by eternalban

Funny thing about mentioning Avicenna (Ibn Sina) and "dopamine-generating distractions".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b00855lt

Avicenna apparently had a very strict schedule of putting down the quill and enjoying the company of his women. So now, the fact of his genius notwithstanding, what does that do with the dopamine and distraction theorem given this man was unbelievably productive in his life?

https://historyofphilosophy.net/did-avicenna-kill-himself-ha...

parent eternalban 3 years ago

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