Oxytocin: A neurotransmitter known as "the bonding hormone."
Pheraamones: Olfactory signals that are exchanged between people.
Seratonin: A neurotransmitter that contributes to well-being and happiness.
Dopamine: Motor control, motivation, reward neurotransmitter.
While I was watching a quasi-documentary, I saw a computer pose the following question to a programmer: "What is the highest value?" Dude typed in "infinity," first. Then "love," and then "life." About then I had to pee, and on the way to the bathroom I came up with the answer: The highest value is the next highest value plus one. In my world then value is relative.
"The [animal] is much more content with mere existence than man; the plant is wholly so. . . ." Arthur Schopenhauer
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Great cover of Walking on the Moon, by one of my favorite bands, the Police. This is a great song about falling in love.
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NPR did a piece called "This I Believe" a few years back. Listeners were invited to recite their core beliefs about anything...