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From: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Nominally single????
Message-ID: <483@rti-sel.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 12:59:06 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 16 12:59:06 1985
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Summary: 

In article <1067@trwrdc.UUCP> frith@trwrdc.UUCP (Lord Frith) writes:

>...I believe
>(and have very good reason to believe) that love is more than a chemical
>reaction between people.
>I guess you mean chemical as in "chemical imbalance in the person who
>is in love."  This may be true, however this sort of chemical imbalance
>is CAUSED by and is the direct result of being in love and not the
>other way around.  ...

Think about the mood changes you've experienced under the influence of
various chemical substances: coffee, alcohol, prescription drugs, etc.
Now think about the physical, emotional, and mental changes you've
gone through when you've been in love. What exactly is the qualitative
difference? Love is a combination of hormonal changes in the body,
learned responses, and (perhaps) certain inherited bonding behaviors
that good old Mother Nature has given us to make sure we reproduce and
raise our kids properly. Our moods and emotions are the product of a
highly complex set of chemical interactions in the blood stream and
nervous system. I suggest you check out some books on neurophysiology
from the library, or perhaps watch the series on the brain on PBS. If
you have solid evidence that love is more than this I'm sure there are
a few researchers out there who would like to hear it.

                               -- Cheers, Bill Ingogly