• commiespammer@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      In my new fanfiction I actually explore this in a bit of depth when a mentat character observes another’s affection for her as a series of chemical signals and obsolete, vestigial reflexes from ancient evolution. It’s kind of sad to think about, but I could easily apply the same thing to sadness…

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      1 year ago

      i gotta give you points for rewording the meme to be more concise and using terms that are more respectable academically.

      my only concerns is that it could be interpreted that the materialists are justified in reducing the entire aspect of love to material analysis purely by people on the fence