Alone in a world without love...

[alittlefishy]

I'd been on the phone with AT&T for about an hour when my Jehova's Witness came in. I told the lady on the phone that she could hold while I discussed creation vs evolution, but it was going to be a while. He didn't even seem to notice that I was on the phone, he just started right in

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[roguefishfood]

I'm pretty sure dolphins can feel love. No totally conclusive proof, since love is so hard to quantify, but most of the things that go into love are present in dolphins.

[alittlefishy]

Half the time I'm not sure I can feel love... maybe I need to read the bible. ;P

Some species of animals are monogamous, kinda like people in love... but we know that's just another instinct... I'm sure it's in the bible somewhere.

[roguefishfood]

Monogamy is an instinct, but dolphins aren't always monogamous. The bible would tell you they have no souls, yes, at least many versions... but a lot of the same brain business that's associated with love in Humans (to be so clinical) is also present in dolphins, and dolphin behaviours, even in situations of non-monogamy, reflect human reactions to love and loss of loved ones. That's what I meant.

I can tell you more about brain chemicals than I can about souls. XDDDD

[roguefishfood]

Dolphins: also one of very few other species that have sex for pleasure

[alittlefishy]

sex for pleasure, "play", help others.... yeah.

I'm not exclusivily talking about dolphins.... but I don't believe that monogomay is an instinct. I find brain chemistry to be facinating, but not a tell all. I still have "chicken and egg" issues with that whole world of theory. Sure there's a physical chemical "path" we can trace but was that initiated by the action or the driving force behind it?

P.S.
You're talking to someone who recently lost her mom to a brain malfunction. ;)