Your Brain on Porn
Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction
by Gary Wilson · first published 2014
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When high speed internet became widely available a few years ago, growing numbers of people began to worry that their porn use was running out of control. Far from preparing them for fulfilling relationships, viewing an endless stream of porn videos led to unexpected symptoms. Perhaps most surprisingly, for the first time in history erectile dysfunction was becoming a significant problem for young men. This led to one of the largest informal experiments in the history of science. Tens of thousands of people have tried abstaining from sexually stimulating material in a process they call 'reboot
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…leading them to not go through the right motions to become successful and find a mate. I'm sure i'll get downvoted into oblivion by skeptics, but there is a good amount of reasons to believe this is true. Your brain on porn by gary wilson is a good starting point for the ideas, and then to dig deeper if you are inclined to fact check. ok /rant.
on “EFF launches Age Verification Hub” ↗This is a great project. I recently read the books "Your brain on Porn" and "Quit Porn and get Rich". Porn induced erectile dysfunction is now incredibly common. Younger and younger men are taking viagra and cialis and finding it doesn't help them. Those drugs are for older…
on “Launch HN: Atmana (YC S21) – An app to help cut down on compulsive porn usage” ↗Your comment is exactly what I was expecting when I wrote mine. I'm not surprised to see it or the downvotes. Your Brain on Porn is written by a non-scientist with an axe to grind. > countless of self-reports by men in various "NoFap" communities make a pretty good case the porn-addiction is not a myth. Self-reports and anecdotes…
on “OnlyFans, influencers, and the politics of selling nudes during a pandemic” ↗I'm kind of shocked no one seems to have researched the authors of Your Brain on Porn. While I think their stuff is interesting, I am very skeptical, especially considering their past work and their general views on sexuality. I read their Cupid's Poison Arrow book and it's not just porn…
on “Did porn warp me forever?” ↗> Your Brain on Porn is written by a non-scientist with an axe to grind. This is plainly ad-hominem and argument from authority. There are also plenty of scientists who publish junk papers, with poor methodology and/or statistics.…
on “OnlyFans, influencers, and the politics of selling nudes during a pandemic” ↗