I’d imagine if you gave monkeys access to porn and stuck them inside a box they would get addicted to maturation. I’d even wager you’d find similar level of addictions to humans. They’ve done studies on a type of monkey on a Caribbean touristy Island.
The monkeys learned that the drinks people leave behind on the beach got them drunk. Most of them drank a little bit for fun. Some of them didn’t drank at all. And a small percentage of them ended up getting addicted to the alcohol.
According to the article I read, that rate of addiction is almost the same as the rate of alcohol addiction in humans. We like to think we’re more evolved, and of course in a lot of ways we are, but fundamentally we’re still primates and addiction is a short circuiting of primitive neurological pathways.
The point is that there are striking similarities between vervet monkeys and humans in the domain of alcohol addiction/ use. Similar ratios get addicted. Females prefer sweet drinks. Social drinking behavior vs alcohol abuse. It all mimics humans
Which implies that the process of getting addicted to alcohol is a primitive mechanism that biologically and neuorologically gets us on a level that we share with monkeys. If we share that with monkeys, it’s very likely that we would share other addictions. Addictions are all the same - chemical or behavioral.
there is evidence that monkeys in captivity (key word captivity) like porn and will continously watch it. See below link. Now the question is - how does captivity cause this and does modern civilization keep humans in “captivity”? Is this causing not only the porn addiction but addictions in general? Rates of addiction seem to be increasing. I think there’s a lot of food for thought here
I’d imagine if you gave monkeys access to porn and stuck them inside a box they would get addicted to maturation. I’d even wager you’d find similar level of addictions to humans. They’ve done studies on a type of monkey on a Caribbean touristy Island.
The monkeys learned that the drinks people leave behind on the beach got them drunk. Most of them drank a little bit for fun. Some of them didn’t drank at all. And a small percentage of them ended up getting addicted to the alcohol.
According to the article I read, that rate of addiction is almost the same as the rate of alcohol addiction in humans. We like to think we’re more evolved, and of course in a lot of ways we are, but fundamentally we’re still primates and addiction is a short circuiting of primitive neurological pathways.
Oh have they now?? 🤣🤣
Here’s a link to a YouTube video: https://youtu.be/pSm7BcQHWXk
This is not a study, and those monkeys are addicted to alcohol, not masturbation. I’ve actually seen this clip before.
But I was just making fun of your comment, which was honestly pretty hilariou.
It’s based on a study. The clip is just easier to share
https://archive.measuringbehavior.org/events/mb98/abstracts/palmour.htm
The point is that there are striking similarities between vervet monkeys and humans in the domain of alcohol addiction/ use. Similar ratios get addicted. Females prefer sweet drinks. Social drinking behavior vs alcohol abuse. It all mimics humans
Which implies that the process of getting addicted to alcohol is a primitive mechanism that biologically and neuorologically gets us on a level that we share with monkeys. If we share that with monkeys, it’s very likely that we would share other addictions. Addictions are all the same - chemical or behavioral.
there is evidence that monkeys in captivity (key word captivity) like porn and will continously watch it. See below link. Now the question is - how does captivity cause this and does modern civilization keep humans in “captivity”? Is this causing not only the porn addiction but addictions in general? Rates of addiction seem to be increasing. I think there’s a lot of food for thought here
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19726391-700-how-primate-porn-reveals-what-we-really-want/
Not sure what is so hilarious personally but I guess everyone has a different sense of humor