Falling in love is ‘more scientific than you think,’ according to a new study done at Syracuse University.
It’s a lot like taking drugs. And the breakup can be as harrowing as dealing with a cocaine addiction.
Thomas Wolfe once wrote, ” a neuroradiologist can read a list of topics out loud to a person being given a PET scan, topics pertaining to sports, music, business, history, whatever, and when he finally hits one the person is interested in, a particular area of the cerebral cortex actually lights up on the screen. Eventually, as brain imaging is refined, the picture may become as clear and complete as those see-through exhibitions, at auto shows, of the inner workings of the internal combustion engine. At that point it may become obvious to everyone that all we are looking at is a piece of machinery, an analog chemical computer, that processes information from the environment. “All”, since you can look and look and you will not find any ghostly self inside, or any mind, or any soul. Continue reading
