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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: More levels of explanation and definitions of free
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> It is possible that your distaste for apricots is indeed biochemical; they
> may in fact disagree with your body.  But I doubt that the fact that years ago
> I was unable to care for people, and now I have begun to be able to, can be
> explained on strictly biochemical grounds. [SARGENT]

I didn't say it was biochemical in that sense (direct body chemistry problems).
I said that my past experiences had led me to dislike apricots (e.g., I threw
up while eating them as a child and associate the taste with that experience).
I cannot decide to want to want to eat apricots, no more than you can decide
to want to like people if you don't.  New experiences might change that, but
it is not a matter of "will".
-- 
Life is complex.  It has real and imaginary parts.
					Rich Rosen  ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr