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2054740 No.2054740 [Reply] [Original]

does love exist or is it just my brain wanting vagina?

>> No.2054757

What you said.

>> No.2054758
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2054758

Yes, love exists. It's called oxytocin.

>> No.2054756

Religion would have you thinking it does, but it doesn't. Love is a word that has lost meaning.

>> No.2054769

love exists
also, you want vagina

its all determinism, bro

>> No.2054774

It's your brain wanting more than vagina.

It exists, and in its extremes it's called nationalism.

>> No.2054785

>>2054774
not in my neighborhood

>> No.2054792

I fucking LOVE Battlecruisers.

That's enough proof for me that love exists.

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2054805

>>2054758
is that safe to eat?

safe to eat LOVE?

if you eat love will you die?

maybe you'll start to love again.

>> No.2054812

>>2054740
An explanation doesn't mean nonexistence dumbass.

>> No.2054840

lol

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2054852

>>2054805
Does hunger exist, or is it just my brain wanted food?

>> No.2054874

>>2054852

"hunger" is the name we gave to brain wanting more food. What more is there to it? What more do you want?

>> No.2054915

>>2054758
if you're going to make drug references, make them correctly. Oxycotin is a name brand drug that contains Oxycodone and Tylenol. it's the Oxycodone you want. sure the Tylenol has been proven to help increase the analgesic effect but if you're taking enough to abuse the drug the acetaminophen will kill you.


mostly bumping this for the OP and his SC BC

>> No.2054928

>>2054874

if hunger is just a chemical reaction in your brain, what happens if you eat the chemicals responsible for hunger? Would you still be hungry or would you get full?

>> No.2054935

>>2054740
"love" is an emotion or in other words a human interpretation of the body's response to the human brain's interaction with some neurohormones such as oxytocin and neurotransmitters such as dopamine and phenylethylamine.

>> No.2054937

>>2054928

I doubt they would survive the digestive system...

But if you were to inject them directly into the bloodstream then you would probably get hungry, as simple as that.

>> No.2054938

>>2054928
hunger is the body's response to the interaction of ghrelin in the brain.

>> No.2054940

Its a mixture of oxytocin, testosterone, phenylethylamine, dopamine, norepinephrine and pheromones.

>> No.2054942

>>2054928
i assume you mean you eat the chemicals that the brain is saying you need by "being hungry?" in that case, you would no longer be hungry.

>> No.2054952

>>2054940

So I guess you could make a love potion huh?

I wonder why isn't some corporation already selling it...

>> No.2054957

>>2054952
you can't swallow neurological chemicals

>> No.2054958

>>2054952
in theory it is possible yes. to create a cocktail that would stimulate the production of those in the organism. the person under the influence would instantly "fall in love". considering the situation in which it happens, we could say that it would be possible in theory to make one artificially fall in love with another.

>> No.2054959

>>2054928
if you eat hungry you become hungry?

but you ate something therefore should have fulfilled yourself.

this concept is magnets.

>> No.2054964

>>2054957

Details, details. Then why aren't they making a love potion that you inject with a syringe?

I would try it, I really wonder what love feels like.

>> No.2054968

>>2054957

Sure you can.
They just won't have the effect he anticipates.

>> No.2055008

>>2054958
but let me add that, it would be temporary, as the production didn't happen naturally, it isn't a response caused by an external factor, that is, it is not a natural consequence, so one would have to take periodically the cocktail in order to create a persisting "artificial love" as the cocktail's effect would have a lifetime.

for example, suppose person A and person B are in a room. we notice no response in person A due to person B. therefore there is no external stimulator. if we create an artificial stimulation through the described cocktail, person A would show a response resembling "love" due to person B, as it is the only person in the room, and we would need to create an artificial external source of pheromones (to trick person A's organism into thinking the pheromones are coming from person B) which would mimic what happens during a "love to the first sight" situation. but it is interesting to note that this cocktail would have a lifetime and as the effects run off, the person would not (anymore) feel a "connection" to person B as all the factors and stimuli that did it in the first place were artificial.

hope it was clear enough, and once again, it is perfectly possible of creating such a 'theoretical love potion'.

>> No.2055010

>>2054968
might as well just eat chocolate; you'd have more desirable effects

>>2054964
that doesn't work either. drugs like anti-depressants usually increase just increase receptiveness in the brain. it's not instantaneous, and can't effect your body in small amounts. the drugs that can (like . . . drugs) have huge long term effects and are way too taxing on the brain

>> No.2055100

>>2054915
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxytocin

>> No.2055102

Love is a trick of the DNA to replicate itself.

A quote from someone, but I can't remember who.

>> No.2055116

>>2055102
>>2055102
that someone is either a retard or has zero biology knowledge.