We like to throw rocks at the people who don't see the world in the way we do.

I don't know why.

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What about this idea that...

And I was just trying to pull together this philosophy as I was thinking about my own objections or concerns.

You know, we have these receptors, we have oxytocin, we have dopamine,

we have, you know, all these good things that you feel at the appropriate moment.

You have sex and orgasm, you get this rush of dopamine, you.

And that's...

You would think that's evolutionary built in because evolution wants us to propagate our DNA.

So it wants to give us positive reinforcers.

So if we have the right behavior, you get the right positive reinforcer.

So if you have sex, if you have sex, which spreads your DNA, which helps pop your dyspecies,

then you get the positive dopamine, you know, oxytocin kind of thing.

If you fall in love, you get the positive things because you want healthy relationships

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