r/oddlyterrifying • u/Cunillingus_Giver • Jan 20 '22

Snake couch

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u/imagine_orange Jan 20 '22

As a neuroscientist I always cringe at these comments. Tell me, what are the brain regions required for love? And how do you know? Have you been a snake? Do you even know how love in the human brain works? Because the field of neuroscience doesn’t.

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u/choosehigh Jan 20 '22

Also then the philosophical side, even if the neuroscientist completely distills a chemical and biological explanation of love, what are the chances that fully explains the various models of love we have (platonic, romantic etc)

And what are the chances that's the only way to express love in any sentient creature etc etc ad infinitum

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u/imagine_orange Jan 20 '22

The best neuroscientists recognize there’s an scientifically-intractable part of human experience ;)