I support the idea that all creatures on earth are biological machines. This propositions simplifies everything and takes out the "mystic" in human interaction. When love and sadness can be quantified as the direct result of chemical reactions in the brain, then that makes emotion both real and creates a sort of unaccountability for the individual that feels the emotion. Perhaps that idea could extend even further to include the way people react to their emotions. Imagine for a moment a world where these ideas are embraced. Scary isnt it? I think a good deal of the fear people feel when they imagine such a world is a result of the ego and its desire to preserve itself. In the interest of human preservation religions exist, and emotions like "love" are assigned a mystical implication. I agree, it is much more romantic to tell someone, "I love you" rather than, "Your facial symmetry and they way our past expieriences have altered my brain chemistry lead me to say I have unusually high levels of seratonin running about in my brain; something which could be replicated by eating large quantities of chocolate."

Yes, it is scary to think that the words, "I love you" are meaningless in the romantic sense. It is scary to think that any emotion we feel is meaningless because it is the logical and direct result of an altered state of mind.

Now what would happen if we strove to acheive and unaltered state of mind? This would be emotion-free living. This makes me entertain notions of a logically motivated "Vulcan-esque" society. A nightmare to some, a dream to others. There would exist no longer the arts as we know them. Interesting.

Anyhow my family is here and talking which is distracting me more than I was previously so I will have to continue this later.