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Originally Posted by crossfaded
Trevor,
I really enjoy your writings. I feel it affects me in a certain way I can't really explain with words. There I go again with the unexplainable.
For a person with such understanding in logic and systems of proofs, I would really really like to know your views on love. It appears you have a loved one in your life, "Emelie". If you can explain to me logically why you love her, I'd like to know. If you can convince me "logically" that what you feel for her is love and how you got there...I will accept that my "enlightenment" is nothing but an illusion, and I am crazy...but at least I will have your logical explanation for people to follow on how to find love, true love and I will know I have not done this pointlessly.
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If one believes that the feeling of 'love' is merely the result of chemical reactions occuring in the brain, then one could
logically explain the 'feeling' of love. When a person becomes 'infatuated' with someone, a chemical response in their brain triggers the release of dopamine into the brain. The brain regards this as a 'reward-system' and continues to achieve to recreate this stimulating experience. This means the brain will exhibit signs of 'love' as a chemical addiction to the release of dopamine. After a period of use the neural transmitters become engaged in a 'laisez-faire' transist system where the normally difficult chemical transmitters containing dopamine are more easily accessed. This is a result of consistent dopamine release in response to 'feeling in love'. The brain will condition itself to constantly stimulate it's loving relationship until it's dopamine release is no longer stimulating.
This is when people 'lose the magic' or 'fall out of love'.
There are some articles out there discussing this in more detail.
One could argue that the love I experience between my girlfriend and I is my consciouss interpretation of the chemical addiction being experienced within the cognative region of my brain.
Remember, language is an emergent property of the brain as proven by John Searle in the "Chinese Room" experiment so it's not hard to believe that consciousness could also an emergent property as well.
Anyways, I am stoned as fuck right now.
Was that a logical approach?
Also, you are
STILL missing the main points of my posts that I direct towards you, my friend.
I am not trying to be rude to you, only get you to realize that you don't really know shit yet.
"The more I discover, the less I know."
Keep that in mind.