Chuck
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Selects: How Dopamine Works
And we've known about it a long time.
Stuff You Should Know
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It's been around a long time.
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It is not exclusive to human beings.
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Yeah, it's in all kinds of animals.
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But we are really kind of great at making it.
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And I was about to say hooked on it, but that implies the whole addiction thing, and I don't want to go down that road.
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But humans love this stuff, and we produce about three times as much as other primates do.
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Opposable thumbs maybe?
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But if you had the wherewithal to move it and you couldn't grab something, you'd probably be pretty frustrated.
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Are you underselling the opposable thumb?
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You can get those removed, you know.
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Or I guess we should have said pickleball.
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That would be more current, right?
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Yet I have found no one or no place.