The History of Gambling and Its Intersection with Technology, Religion, Medical Science, and Metaphors

摘要: In this chapter, we offer a brief history of gambling and then discuss the intersection pathological with technology, religion, science. While technological innovations, assisted by development probability theory helped to make more profitable industry, other historical currents were at work. Substance use abuse, temperance movement, moral panics in general—all these had key roles play evolution as an idea. Chronic drunkenness was our first widely recognized (and medicalized) addiction, followed addictions opiates substances—all which set stage for recognition behavioral such gambling. We end discussion metaphor, shedding light on questions concerning literal veracity psychobehavioral disease constructs. argue that metaphor is endemic all human conceptualization its own need not invalidate conceptions behavior