How so? If he doesn't know the chemical compounds?
Well he obviously doesn't(/didn't) know what he's talking about when it comes to drugs; maybe he thought an ENTP was smoking pot, but they were actually smoking crack.
Or worse, imagine if he had mistyped them.
I'm rereading the thread to see where exactly it went off track. hotmale said cocaine was an opiate (which he admitted he was wrong about). Then he went on to say that it was an alkaloid-based drug (which is correct). These two drugs do completely different things in the brain, but the initial feelings users experience are similar. While opiates are depressants, users still experience a high and a rush similar to that felt by cocaine users, which is a stimulant.
Otherwise.... it wouldn't be a drug. The high isn't what matters. Just because we can't perceive the difference doesn't mean it's not there.
So then everyone gets into chemistry. I looked it up and cocaine prevents dopamine reuptake and it pools in the synapses of the brain. Heroine prevents functioning of pain receptors in the brain. Yes, these drugs do two different functions. But why the hell am I scouring the internet over this?[/quote] Because you feel an obligation to thwart those responses you deem frivolously argumentative?
True enough, it doesn't have any relevance... yet.
Frankly, I don't think there are CAUSATIONS between personality type and drug addiction.
Agree. There could be correlations -- doubtful... I think culture has more to do with it than type, but then to argue my own point; presumably the 'typical' response of any given type to the culture might prove responsible for some drug use.
It just seems petty to get caught up in this particular aspect of the topic. Unless you just feel like arguing, which knowing you is probably what's going on, but it seems like to me you're debating the wrong thing.
Well clearly you've got me all figured out.
You obviously haven't read as much of the thread as you say you have, because if you thoroughly examine the posts, you'll notice, he brought it up more than I did. I was only responding. I made 1 corrective response. He argued it. I argued back, etc.
I'm not 'needling' Hotmale because I want to lock heads. I'm arguing because he's wrong.
I don't mean to attack you Pro -- you raise a legitimate case, based on your hunches. I'm not just being a prick though, so you can holster the gun.