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#149 — The Problem of Addiction

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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The Role of Genes in Addiction

The context clearly matters. Context is huge. What do we know though about the behavioral genetics here? I mean, is it well understood that there is a gene or or genes that govern a person's susceptibility to falling into addiction regardless of context? "I'm not a genetic behavioral geneticist," he says. But some people are genetically built so that they find they their reward system is more sensitive than others.

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