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_bz2r
on Jan 22, 2016
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It's Time to End the War on Salt (2011)
what is "salt pica"? the only thing I see on google is eating actual table salt. it seems like you are talking about something else.
jimrandomh
on Jan 22, 2016
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"X pica" in my local dialect means "doing something because you need or want X, when that doesn't provide it". It's a generalition of the medical condition pica, which is eating non-food things like ice cubes because you need more iron.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/15w/experiential_pica/
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