사람이 아무 때나 설탕을 섭취할 수 있는 것처럼 실험용 쥐에게도 언제든 설탕을 먹게 했다면 중독 증상은 없었을 것이란 반박이 나왔다.
it has been argued that just as humans can consume sugar at any time if the mice were given sugar at any time, there would have been no symptoms of addiction.