If I had an addiction to food, and I were to read books everytime I ate, would I start getting addicted to books?

Perhaps?

What if I were to only eat bad-tasting food whenever I weren't reading, and always eat something that tasted good when reading?

Holy shit you're retarded.

I took it to the extremes to be as clear as possible. Don't mistake it for me talking about the actual extremes.

Edit: If you're addressing some other point I've no clue what you're talking about, because this is positive reinforcement 101.

Mouse pulls the lever, it gets cheese. After a while it does the same thing. Wouldn't it be possible to trick the mind to start reading books to get the reward? How long can you stretch this concept?

i was hoping you were asking psy to get his gremlin out

Seriously? Nobody responds to any of my thoughts when they're explained? No objections? then why even challenge it in an offensive manner instead of poking it with a stick to begin with? Of course, one could argue that that is what you were doing, but it leaves me with expectations that won't be fulfilled.