Theo Von

Got it. And the reason is not because scientists are lazy or they're uninterested is that doing science well takes a long time. Look, I've run studies in my lab on animals, on humans, clinical trials. It takes a long time, like three, four years sometimes. To get real information? To get a really good study done. Meanwhile- Life is happening.

Got it. And the reason is not because scientists are lazy or they're uninterested is that doing science well takes a long time. Look, I've run studies in my lab on animals, on humans, clinical trials. It takes a long time, like three, four years sometimes. To get real information? To get a really good study done. Meanwhile- Life is happening.

Got it. And the reason is not because scientists are lazy or they're uninterested is that doing science well takes a long time. Look, I've run studies in my lab on animals, on humans, clinical trials. It takes a long time, like three, four years sometimes. To get real information? To get a really good study done. Meanwhile- Life is happening.

And in the last five years, especially, there's been an exponential growth of the amount of pornography available online. The different formats, right? Only fans, all the different sites that people can go to. Free, paid. And within each of those, there's also been a huge amplification of what's called like high intensity porn. What's high intensity porn? It's more than two people. It's BDSM.

And in the last five years, especially, there's been an exponential growth of the amount of pornography available online. The different formats, right? Only fans, all the different sites that people can go to. Free, paid. And within each of those, there's also been a huge amplification of what's called like high intensity porn. What's high intensity porn? It's more than two people. It's BDSM.

And in the last five years, especially, there's been an exponential growth of the amount of pornography available online. The different formats, right? Only fans, all the different sites that people can go to. Free, paid. And within each of those, there's also been a huge amplification of what's called like high intensity porn. What's high intensity porn? It's more than two people. It's BDSM.

Now, BDSM is its own discussion that maybe we could talk about at some point, you know, just separately about this merge of pain and pleasure that the reason I'll just, the punchline is that Dopamine is also increased by what we call the cessation of pain. When pain starts and then stops, you get an amplified dopamine surge.

Now, BDSM is its own discussion that maybe we could talk about at some point, you know, just separately about this merge of pain and pleasure that the reason I'll just, the punchline is that Dopamine is also increased by what we call the cessation of pain. When pain starts and then stops, you get an amplified dopamine surge.

Now, BDSM is its own discussion that maybe we could talk about at some point, you know, just separately about this merge of pain and pleasure that the reason I'll just, the punchline is that Dopamine is also increased by what we call the cessation of pain. When pain starts and then stops, you get an amplified dopamine surge.

So a lot of people are watching or engaging in what we would call violent porn, right? And we're, as primate species, humans, we have an empathy. So when people are watching pornography, they're obviously not experiencing the same things exactly those people are doing and experiencing, but they're tuning into it, right? They're getting to it.

So a lot of people are watching or engaging in what we would call violent porn, right? And we're, as primate species, humans, we have an empathy. So when people are watching pornography, they're obviously not experiencing the same things exactly those people are doing and experiencing, but they're tuning into it, right? They're getting to it.

So a lot of people are watching or engaging in what we would call violent porn, right? And we're, as primate species, humans, we have an empathy. So when people are watching pornography, they're obviously not experiencing the same things exactly those people are doing and experiencing, but they're tuning into it, right? They're getting to it.

And we can only speculate as to what they're doing to themselves, right? Typically when we're talking about porn, let's just be direct. We're also talking about masturbation, right? Typically when we're talking about watching video porn, sometimes it's women, most often it's men by a huge majority.

And we can only speculate as to what they're doing to themselves, right? Typically when we're talking about porn, let's just be direct. We're also talking about masturbation, right? Typically when we're talking about watching video porn, sometimes it's women, most often it's men by a huge majority.

And we can only speculate as to what they're doing to themselves, right? Typically when we're talking about porn, let's just be direct. We're also talking about masturbation, right? Typically when we're talking about watching video porn, sometimes it's women, most often it's men by a huge majority.

Yeah. Although, you know, years ago I had a girlfriend, a woman I was dating very seriously, and she confessed to me that prior to our relationship, she had developed a porn compulsion. It wasn't an addiction. You know, an addiction, again, is a progressive narrowing of the things that bring you pleasure.

Yeah. Although, you know, years ago I had a girlfriend, a woman I was dating very seriously, and she confessed to me that prior to our relationship, she had developed a porn compulsion. It wasn't an addiction. You know, an addiction, again, is a progressive narrowing of the things that bring you pleasure.

Yeah. Although, you know, years ago I had a girlfriend, a woman I was dating very seriously, and she confessed to me that prior to our relationship, she had developed a porn compulsion. It wasn't an addiction. You know, an addiction, again, is a progressive narrowing of the things that bring you pleasure.

It hadn't taken her to the point where it was destructive, but she had the wisdom to cut herself off from it early on. Okay, so it does happen with women, but it's much more frequent with men. So here's the thing.

It hadn't taken her to the point where it was destructive, but she had the wisdom to cut herself off from it early on. Okay, so it does happen with women, but it's much more frequent with men. So here's the thing.