Ant writes "CNET News.com says habitual activity (e.g., smoking, eating fatty foods, gambling, etc.) changes neural activity patterns in a specific region of the brain when habits are formed. These neural patterns created by habit can be changed or altered. But when a stimulus from the old days returns, the dormant pattern can reassert itself, according to a new study from the M.I.T., putting an individual in a neural state akin to being on autopilot... The neural patterns get established in the basal ganglia, a brain region critical to habits, addiction and procedural learning."Ads_xl=0;Ads_yl=0;Ads_xp='';Ads_yp='';Ads_xp1='';Ads_yp1='';Ads_par='';Ads_cnturl='';Ads_prf='page=article';Ads_channels='RON_P6_IMU';Ads_wrd='science';Ads_kid=0;Ads_bid=0;Ads_sec=0; M.I.T. Explains Why Bad Habits Are Hard to Break Log in/Create an Account | Top | 199 comments (Spill at 50!) | Index Only | Search Discussion Display Options Threshold: -1: 199 comments 0: 197 comments 1: 152 comments 2: 104 comments 3: 38 comments 4: 23 comments 5: 16 comments Flat Nested No Comments Threaded Oldest First Newest First Highest Scores First Oldest First (Ignore Threads) Newest First (Ignore Threads) The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. Kicking the Slashdot Habit (Score:5, Funny) by lowy (91366) * on Thursday October 20, @03:30PM (#13838552) (http://slashdot.org/) So removing the Slashdot button from my bookmark bar might not be sufficient? [ Reply to This Re:Kicking the Slashdot Habit (Score:4, Interesting) by nekoniku (183821) <justicek@comca s t . net> on Thursday October 20, @03:39PM (#13838627) (http://www.garageband.com/artist/kimjustice | Last Journal: Wednesday July 14, @09:50AM) Prolly not. I read an interview with Brian Eno many years ago where he said he tried to break his habit of watching so much TV by opening the TV set and unscrewing and disconnecting the power cable and by disconnecting the antenna.He said he didn't watch any less TV, he just got *really good* at re-wiring the power and antenna cables. [ Reply to This | ParentRe:Kicking the Slashdot Habit by Nept (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @05:54PMStopping the Slashdot addiction by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @03:41PM Re:Stopping the Slashdot addiction (Score:4, Funny) by dada21 (163177) * <dada@d n g i nc.com> on Thursday October 20, @03:45PM (#13838674) You do realize CmdrTaco did this years ago to no availl? [ Reply to This | ParentRe:Stopping the Slashdot addiction by jZnat (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @05:55PMRe:Stopping the Slashdot addiction by utexaspunk (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @03:54PMRe:Stopping the Slashdot addiction by keramida (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @07:10PMRe:Stopping the Slashdot addiction by eno2001 (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @04:50PMRe:Stopping the Slashdot addiction by rbarreira (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @07:22PM1 reply beneath your current threshold.Re:Kicking the Slashdot Habit by Hrodvitnir (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:06PMAny Time I Want by blueZhift (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:11PMRe:Kicking the Slashdot Habit by Hogwash McFly (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:13PMRe:Kicking the Slashdot Habit by gstoddart (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:20PMRe:Kicking the Slashdot Habit by zoogies (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @05:16PM2 replies beneath your current threshold. mystery solved, I hope this isn't hopeless (Score:4, Interesting) by yagu (721525) * <yayagu@gmail.com> on Thursday October 20, @03:31PM (#13838555) (Last Journal: Sunday October 16, @06:38PM) Disclaimer: posting on slashdot is a hard habit to break... I can't stop.Interesting article, but a little thin on details. But if true in some waysI sigh in relief cuz it helps explain: why I always jump to make an early slashdot postwhy I always used bulleted lists in my posts (check it out!)why "You" always mod me troll or flamebaitdupeswhy I edit everything with vi(m)why crime show dramas beget crime show dramas (just how many nights a week CSI and Law and Order on these days?)why the Yankees are a perennial playoff teamwhy the Cubs never make the World Serieswhy Larry King marries wife #Xwhy Donald Trump fires Apprentice #Xwhy Steve Ballmer throws chairs across the roomwhy Bob Dylan mumbles instead of sings (kidding)why people wait at all costs and discomfort to get home and take a dumpAnother mystery solved perhaps.My followup question is, is it possible to break these patterns, ever? Or arewe destined for eternity to be creatures of our own habits? Should we stop buyingself-help books? [ Reply to ThisRe:mystery solved, I hope this isn't hopeless by Rhoon (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @03:37PMRe:mystery solved, I hope this isn't hopeless by aicrules (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @03:52PMRe:mystery solved, I hope this isn't hopeless by PriceIke (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @05:51PMRe:mystery solved, I hope this isn't hopeless by zxnos (Score:2) Friday October 21, @12:31AMRe:mystery solved, I hope this isn't hopeless by PsiPsiStar (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @11:28PMRe:mystery solved, I hope this isn't hopeless by dptalia (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @04:00PMRe:mystery solved, I hope this isn't hopeless by karnal (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @05:10PMRe:mystery solved, I hope this isn't hopeless by dptalia (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @05:36PMRe:mystery solved, I hope this isn't hopeless by PriceIke (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @05:54PMI don't believe the article by Robocoastie (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @04:08PMRe:I don't believe the article by jZnat (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @05:58PMRe:mystery solved, I hope this isn't hopeless by caluml (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:25PM Re:mystery solved, I hope this isn't hopeless (Score:5, Interesting) by yali (209015) on Thursday October 20, @04:43PM (#13839229) On a behavioral level, this finding is nothing new. Hermann Ebbinghaus [yorku.ca] introduced the idea of savings in relearning [google.com] in the 19th century. This finding has been replicated countless different ways, including being replicated in neural network simulations.Nor is it news that this involves neurons. Hint to cnet: all of mental life involves neurons.What's scientifically interesting is which neurons are involved. The researchers are trying to map out the circuits involved in order to better understand the underlying process. That is at least potentially interesting. My followup question is, is it possible to break these patterns, ever? Or are we destined for eternity to be creatures of our own habits? Should we stop buying self-help books? One way to break an association is to develop a competing association. If Stimulus A triggers Response B, then you develop a new association between Stimulus A with Response C. That makes it harder to fall victim to the savings-in-relearning effect when you're faced with Stimulus A in the future, because you won't just be left hanging to try to suppress your impulse to respond with B.And yes, you should stop buying self-help books. [ Reply to This | ParentMuch agreed by sRev (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @06:31PMRe:Much agreed by mOdQuArK! (Score:3) Thursday October 20, @08:31PMRe:mystery solved, I hope this isn't hopeless by drooling-dog (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @05:13PMRe:mystery solved, I hope this isn't hopeless by xavid (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @05:26PMFinally, by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @03:31PMRe:Finally, by HoneyBunchesOfGoats (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:14PM Re:Finally, (Score:5, Funny) by Hogwash McFly (678207) on Thursday October 20, @04:16PM (#13838954) I kept kicking Peregrin Took out of my house every 5 minutes, but couldn't get rid of this bad hobbit in any way. [ Reply to This | Parentoh that's easy by BitterAndDrunk (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @05:35PMBad habit. by RavenChild (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @03:31PMThe pattern made me do it! by drgonzo59 (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @03:33PM Sin is in! (Score:5, Funny) by dada21 (163177) * <dada@d n g i nc.com> on Thursday October 20, @03:33PM (#13838582) A day is lacking without the 7 S's:1. Shower2. Seminate (Sex or self)3. Smoke4. Shave5. Starbucks6. Shit7. SlashdotNote that the primes are all habits. Now permanently locked in my brain. [ Reply to ThisRe:Sin is in! by RPI Geek (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @03:40PM Re:Sin is in! (Score:5, Funny) by Shadow Wrought (586631) on Thursday October 20, @03:44PM (#13838660) (http://slashdot.org/~Shadow%20Wrought/journal | Last Journal: Thursday October 20, @06:51PM) Note that the primes are all habits. Now permanently locked in my brain.Er, so #6 isn't a habit for you? Maybe you should get some more fiber in the diet;-) [ Reply to This | ParentRe:Sin is in! by rackhamh (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:09PMRe:Sin is in! by Ced_Ex (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @06:17PMRe:Sin is in! by rackhamh (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @07:33PMTrained body by phorm (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @05:29PMRe:Sin is in! by Brandan (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @08:58PM2 replies beneath your current threshold.Re:Sin is in! by middlemen (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @04:01PMRe:Sin is in! by adavies42 (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:29PMRe:Sin is in! by dada21 (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:15PMRe:Sin is in! by ces (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:23PMRe:Sin is in! by 75th Trombone (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @04:43PMRe:Sin is in! by ces (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @06:37PM2 replies beneath your current threshold. What we already knew (Score:5, Informative) by ReverendLoki (663861) on Thursday October 20, @03:35PM (#13838591) Hell, any former smoker could tell you this much. I smoked for less than a decade, and I quit over 5 years ago, no relapses. However, sometimes an almost reflex gets triggered by the smell of tobacco, or just seeing a cigarrette, and it's like my arm itches to go through the motions, what I've seen described as a "ritual" of sorts, of lighting a smoke. This all occurs in my mind a split second before the conscious mind kicks in and realizes what is occurring, and takes control again.Trust me, this is a very accurate description of how some of these habits ingrain themselves into your mind. [ Reply to ThisRe:What we already knew by FST777 (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @03:45PM Re:What we already knew (Score:5, Interesting) by ReverendLoki (663861) on Thursday October 20, @04:49PM (#13839279) Here's what helped me quit - after finishing my last pack of "real" cigarettes (funny how that last pack lasts longer than any other pack you've owned), I went to the tobacconist's and bought a pack of what sounded like the nastiest herbal cigaretes I could find. I think the brand name was "Magic" or something sad like that. Hell, the first two ingredients were marshmallow and "cherry flavoring", with absolutely no tobacco whatsoever. Then, for the next week, whenever that urge got to be so strong that I couldn't resist it anymore, I stepped outside (even if I was somewhere that allowed smoking, 'cause I couldn't force this stench on anyone) and forced myself to smoke an entire one of these. Nastiest crap ever - it tasted like I was smoking over-sweetened Kool-Aid. In fact, I think mixing Kool-Aid powder and dried lettuce leaves might be a good equivalent for hand-rolled.I used this to help me get through that first week, when the bodies getting over the worst of the nicotine withdrawal. It satisfied my habit of the ritual of smoking, but did nothing to satisfy the addiction, which not only helped divorce the ritual from the effects of the nicotine in my mind, but it also provided some damn effective negative reinforcement to boot.I never did finish that pack... [ Reply to This | ParentRe:What we already knew by pnatural (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @03:45PMRe:What we already knew by dankasfuk (Score:3) Thursday October 20, @03:46PMRe:What we already knew by StikyPad (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @11:48PMRe:What we already knew by nine-times (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @03:48PMRe:What we already knew by misterpib (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @03:54PMBad habits -- The domino effect by halleluja (Score:3) Thursday October 20, @03:56PMRe:What we already knew by the-build-chicken (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @08:51PMRe:Are you all done sucking your own dicks?? by Icculus (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @05:39PMRe:What we already knew by koreaman (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @07:44PMRe:What we already knew by shawb (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @08:43PM5 replies beneath your current threshold.Akin to bicycle riding? by big_oaf (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @03:36PMRe:Akin to bicycle riding? by Clod9 (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:18PMI can stop anytime... by Anonymous Coward (Score:3) Thursday October 20, @03:37PM Re:I can stop anytime... (Score:5, Funny) by jonthegm (525546) on Thursday October 20, @03:46PM (#13838685) (http://lapsedatheist.com/) See, this is why I like a little variety in my addictions: alcohol for a couple weeks, smoking the next, Starcraft after that, keeps me from getting pinned down to a single addiction for very long. Dude, I think that's ADHD. [ Reply to This | Parent Re:I can stop anytime... (Score:4, Interesting) by Pxtl (151020) on Thursday October 20, @04:09PM (#13838864) (http://www.livejournal.com/~pxtl) The best programmer in my undergrad was a skinny asian dude with drug habits that would've made Hunter S. Thompson blush. He never developed any addictions or problems and graduated near the head of his class. I still believe that the reason he never got in trouble was that he never took the same thing twice in a row. [ Reply to This | Parent1 reply beneath your current threshold.Re:I can stop anytime... by Maltheus (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:49PMRe:I can stop anytime... by mOdQuArK! (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @08:37PM WooHoo!!! (Score:5, Funny) by lucabrasi999 (585141) on Thursday October 20, @03:38PM (#13838618) (Last Journal: Friday September 30, @09:31AM) smoking, eating fatty foods, gambling, etc.Drinking isn't on that list. I guess I don't have any bad habits! [ Reply to This2 replies beneath your current threshold. also known as the "Civilisation" syndrome (Score:5, Funny) by Ubergrendle (531719) on Thursday October 20, @03:41PM (#13838634) (http://davidsphotoblog.blogspot.com/ | Last Journal: Thursday December 04, @10:13AM) Civilisation comes out, people obsessively play till 5am regularly so they can 'build this last final World Wonder'. This syndrome continues until the 5 1/4" disks wear out, the mouse cable is frayed, and the EGA monitor has CRT burn in.People recover, move on with their lives...then the syndrome re-occurs when Civilization II comes out -- on CDROM!!! Most people feel grunge music was a cultural phenomonen driven by the recession, but oh no -- college kids obsessed with Civ quit their summer jobs and could only afford second hand flannel, sinking 10 hrs a day into a 486 game.Advance a few years... Civilisation III late 2000. Dot-com crash late 2000. In this case correlation DOES mean causation.And now... Civilisation IV. Fortunately due to MIT's intense investigations into this phenomenon, hopefully a cure is available for addiction. The economy can't take another Enron/Worldcom/Pets.com. [ Reply to ThisRe:also known as the "Civilisation" syndrome by ZachPruckowski (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:02PMRe:also known as the "Civilisation" syndrome by Doctor Memory (Score:3) Thursday October 20, @04:11PMMy Habits? by borawjm (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @03:42PMRe:My Habits? by mottie (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @05:00PMThis explains..... by 8127972 (Score:3) Thursday October 20, @03:47PMRe:This explains..... by kesuki (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @05:10PM But what can break a habit? (Score:4, Interesting) by Masa (74401) on Thursday October 20, @03:54PM (#13838753) (Last Journal: Tuesday March 15, @03:35AM) I would like to know what can break a habit without any obvious reason.I used to be a quite heavy smoker and tried to quit many times with no success, but about a year ago I suddenly started to dislike the whole smoking thing and I just dropped the habit. I haven't yet figured out, what could have caused that. And I haven't yet had any desire to start again. However, now I have picked a habit of eating greasy foods and I would like to get rid of that in the same way I dropped smoking. [ Reply to ThisCould be your liver by cshay (Score:3) Thursday October 20, @03:55PMRe:But what can break a habit? by middlemen (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @04:13PMRe:But what can break a habit? by grassy_knoll (Score:3) Thursday October 20, @04:16PMRe:But what can break a habit? by chromozone (Score:3) Thursday October 20, @05:01PMRe:But what can break a habit? by koekepeer (Score:3) Thursday October 20, @05:47PM1 reply beneath your current threshold.Re:But what can break a habit? by AlgebraicRing (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @07:44PM2 replies beneath your current threshold. Nothing new, just not commonly known (Score:5, Interesting) by FredThompson (183335) <fredthompson@miD ... om minus painter> on Thursday October 20, @03:55PM (#13838763) This came out of alzheimer's research about 15 years ago.Your brain optimizes to think what it thinks about a lot. (Why Slashdot readers don't morph into female genitalia or came controllers shows that human thought can't change matter.)When you try to "break" an old habit, it's easy at first. After a few days, the brain realizes the optimizations are starting to disappear and it works to reinforce those structures.The good side of this is that you don't have to re-learn how to use the toilet, eat, talk, etc. The bad side is you can't choose which thoughts are reinforced other than brute force to get past the recovery period. Even so, it's easy to go back to old optimizations. Think of it as being similar to a fold in a piece of paper. The fold can't ever be removed, just made less prominent. The paper will still have the tendency to fold at that position. [ Reply to ThisRe:Nothing new, just not commonly known by l33t-gu3lph1t3 (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @05:11PMRe:Nothing new, just not commonly known by Keighvin (Score:3) Thursday October 20, @06:07PMRe:Nothing new, just not commonly known by rolfwind (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @11:29PMRe:Nothing new, just not commonly known by Maxo-Texas (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @06:26PM1 reply beneath your current threshold.hehe by l33t-gu3lph1t3 (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @03:59PMRe:hehe by Dogtanian (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @08:18PMNot just bad habits, good ones too by Colin Smith (Score:3) Thursday October 20, @04:00PMRe:Not just bad habits, good ones too by VAXcat (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @05:47PMRe:Not just bad habits, good ones too by jdigriz (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @07:37PM1 reply beneath your current threshold.HELP by JimiSpier (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @04:05PMRe:HELP by SparafucileMan (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:09PM2 replies beneath your current threshold. ...but... (Score:5, Funny) by Stanistani (808333) on Thursday October 20, @04:05PM (#13838840) (http://slashdot.org/~Stanistani | Last Journal: Thursday October 20, @04:11PM) This still doesn't explain that 'dirty feeling' I get when I post here.Now I have to go shower. [ Reply to ThisArticle abstract by Oxen (Score:3) Thursday October 20, @04:06PMUnderminning Yourself For Profit by Quirk (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:08PMRe:Underminning Yourself For Profit by Red Flayer (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:47PM Scientology engrams? (Score:5, Interesting) by bobalu (1921) on Thursday October 20, @04:09PM (#13838862) I hate to bring it up for fear of Xenu's revenge, but as I understand it this is the basis for Scientology's "auditing". The idea is to break up those old neural paths so they don't re-assert themselves inappropriately - like telling your boss to f*ck off because he reminds you of your father, for instance.I always thought this made some sense, although the rest of their, umm, presentation was pretty scary. [ Reply to ThisRe:Scientology engrams? by Shakes268 (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @05:37PM2 replies beneath your current threshold. Neural imprinting can be a real bitch some time (Score:5, Interesting) by multiplexo (27356) * on Thursday October 20, @04:10PM (#13838867) (Last Journal: Monday September 19, @01:54AM) Sure, it's nice not to have to relearn how to wipe your ass every day but on the other hand I've met amputees who had serious damage to their legs and after years of surgery they finally elected to have an amputation so that they could have a fully functional prosthesis rather than a non-functional and painful leg. But the bitch of it is that the chronic pain they suffered rewired their brains to feel chronic pain and a lot of them still have quite a bit of pain after their amputations, even though the affected limb is gone. [ Reply to This Vista is great! (Score:4, Funny) by CDPatten (907182) on Thursday October 20, @04:10PM (#13838870) This probably explains why you were about to flame me when you saw the title. Its just habbit, anything pro-ms, FLAME! [ Reply to This Addicted to Information (Score:4, Insightful) by Absentminded-Artist (560582) on Thursday October 20, @04:10PM (#13838876) (http://thesplinteredmind.blogspot.com/) Fascinating findings. I find that gathering information is a bad habit of mine. My dad once described himself as an encyclopedia of useless information. As they say, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. He drives a crosscountry rig now (no longer a computer field service technician repairing motherboards as he did in the early 80's and earning far more money) so he's avoided the terrible lure of the internet (except on weekends). I find myself abusing RSS technology to feed this habit of mine. I can't believe how much more info I cram into my brain because of RSS...Of course, for many these scientific findings produce a "duh" response. Often science is filled with elaborate studies that simply prove what we already commonly believed or "knew". But no harm done. I think it's exciting to understand the process more fully. I wrote a blog about another study that was done on addictive behavior (ADD: Addicted to Information [blogspot.com]) - specifically drugs - last March. That research worked on showing how this effect of losing willpower to addictive behavior occurs physically/neurologically in the brain. Fascinating stuff. I related it to my addiction for information - an insight of my wife's, btw. I'm not nearly as insightful or clever.What I'd like to see, however, is more work being done on how to unlearn habits. How to retrain the mind to not need whatever fix ails it. For instance, I'd like to reclaim an hour of my day without feeling compelled to read more and more news as is the problem this week, or watching too much TV as was the problem last month. My ADDled mind shakes off one habit only to pick up another. I try to build barriers, but as an earlier poster pointed out by example of Brian Eno, we simply bypass the artificial detours we construct. It would be better to retrain ourselves and eliminate those neural pathways that fire up upon familiar stimulus. [ Reply to ThisRe:Addicted to Information by Absentminded-Artist (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:15PMHow much? by mkcmkc (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @06:11PMRe:Addicted to Information by Psiolent (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @05:07PMRe:Addicted to Information by khallow (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @08:18PM1 reply beneath your current threshold.So to correct a habit... by Xiver (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @04:14PM1 reply beneath your current threshold.Before we Dodge Responsibility... by jazman_777 (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @04:14PMIn other news... by Eli Gottlieb (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @04:20PMReading slashdot by DJCF (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:29PMThis is why it's so hard to... by advocate_one (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:30PMRe:This is why it's so hard to... by Billly Gates (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @06:48PMDoes that mean ... by usrusr (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @04:42PMThat explains a lot!! by SomeoneGotMyNick (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @04:44PM Peter Cetera said it best (Score:5, Funny) by MarkGriz (520778) on Thursday October 20, @04:49PM (#13839274) I'm addicted to you babe,You're a stimulus-induced reassertion of a dormant neural pattern on my basal ganglia [ Reply to ThisRe:Peter Cetera said it best by BigZaphod (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @06:53PMFamily Feud by Uncle Op (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @04:55PMaddiction by PresidentEnder (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @04:58PM Best quote from TFA . . . (Score:5, Funny) by Rob the Bold (788862) on Thursday October 20, @05:01PM (#13839384) "It is as though, somehow, the brain retains a memory . . ."Definitely worth looking into . . . [ Reply to This1 reply beneath your current threshold.soooooo true! by solosaint (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @05:05PMack by Trailer Trash (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @05:06PMhabits sink deep down by justdev (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @05:19PM1 reply beneath your current threshold.How about good habits by phorm (Score:3) Thursday October 20, @05:23PMRe:How about good habits by dogmatixpsych (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @06:02PMRe:How about good habits by FuckTheModerators (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @06:20PMBushs are a great example... by managedcode (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @05:23PMMore disgusting Slashdot pseudo-science by Futurepower(R) (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @05:28PMWhere do I get some of this grant money? by Tofino (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @06:10PMRe:Where do I get some of this grant money? by enjahova (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @06:57PMLobotomies are the way to go by mark99 (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @06:41PMAnother reason not to start destructive habits... by Metasquares (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @06:57PM"What the Bleep..." has a nice animation of this by Two99Point80 (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @07:01PMaddiction science by RevAaron (Score:3) Thursday October 20, @07:11PMphysiologizing by brre (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @07:22PMThat explains why my "smoking one a day" works. by SSalvatore (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @07:36PMRe:That explains why my "smoking one a day" works. by narcc (Score:2) Thursday October 20, @08:03PMRe:That explains why my "smoking one a day" works. by AlterTick (Score:1) Thursday October 20, @09:52PM