Sup damsels and gents; hope everyone is doing well, yes?
I had a thought earlier from today to ask you all.
On a totally naturalistic view, what is love? Of course, naturalistically it’s no more significant than hunger but we treat it with such high esteem; saying, “I’m hungry” usually (and in my experience) isn’t as moving as saying “I love you.” More often than not it conveys a deep sense personal truth. When it’s sincere, the phrase, “I love you,” is as absolute as the square root of 9; you do love them. Love itself is a complex thing; it’s an amalgamation of different emotions and just defining what it is is quite different from experiencing it. Simply equating it to the firing of neurons in our brains doesn’t come close to describing it’s significance (and I would venture to say it is significant).
But, I suppose that has brought us full circle; like a hamster on a wheel it’s come around again.
What are you thoughts?
Also, I wanted to use a few more words to make myself sound smart, but
couldn’t find where to use them, so I’ll just leave them here.
Psychosomatic
Epiphenomenal
Biochemistry
Thesaurus
(Here are some resources for the discussion you might find useful.)
I had a thought earlier from today to ask you all.
On a totally naturalistic view, what is love? Of course, naturalistically it’s no more significant than hunger but we treat it with such high esteem; saying, “I’m hungry” usually (and in my experience) isn’t as moving as saying “I love you.” More often than not it conveys a deep sense personal truth. When it’s sincere, the phrase, “I love you,” is as absolute as the square root of 9; you do love them. Love itself is a complex thing; it’s an amalgamation of different emotions and just defining what it is is quite different from experiencing it. Simply equating it to the firing of neurons in our brains doesn’t come close to describing it’s significance (and I would venture to say it is significant).
But, I suppose that has brought us full circle; like a hamster on a wheel it’s come around again.
What are you thoughts?
Also, I wanted to use a few more words to make myself sound smart, but
couldn’t find where to use them, so I’ll just leave them here.
Psychosomatic
Epiphenomenal
Biochemistry
Thesaurus
(Here are some resources for the discussion you might find useful.)
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