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opioid receptors

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Essays on opioid receptors

2 essays

May 5, 2010LW

Antagonizing Opioid Receptors for (Prevention of) Fun and Profit

Scott explains how the Sinclair Method treats alcoholism by using naltrexone to block the brain's reward response to alcohol, breaking the learned association between drinking and pleasure through temporal difference learning.

9 min read 1,281 words

Jan 1, 2010LW

Are wireheads happy?

Scott discusses the neuroscientific split between 'wanting' and 'liking', showing how wireheads might not actually be happy, and explores the troubling implications this has for economics, philosophy, and AI alignment.

11 min read 1,606 words

AI goals dopamine neuroscience