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RecklessEric I'll disagree here. Neurological rewiring takes time and repetition.
I agree with the rest of your statement.
Yes, it does take time and repetition for some actions. Someone once posted a link to a video of someone learning to ride a jerryrigged bicycle that turned left when steering right and vice versa. It took a long time to rewire that skill, and then more time to re-learn the regular way all over again.
But it’s different when a child learns “I will not touch that red hot part of the stovetop again.” There is no series of action skills needed. He/she just has to stand there and mentally react. It may take a second or two the second or third time, but it quickly takes less than a split second. That’s what I’m calling the super-fast shutdown switch. It happens whenever I get offered a drink of alcohol and when my brother-in-law recently suggested I try smoking pot again.