“The lessons of relationship that our primordial ancestors learned are deeply encoded in the genetics of our neurobiological circuits of love. They are present from the moment we are born and activated at puberty by the cocktail of neurochemicals. It’s an elegant synchronized system. At first our brain weighs a potential partner, and if the person fits our ancestral wish list, we get a spike in the release of sex chemicals that makes us dizzy with a rush of unavoidable infatuation. It’s the first step down the primeval path of pair-bonding.” LoveMindHeartRomanceLove QuotesEvolutionBrainy QuotesLove Quotes And SayingsSexualityRomance QuotesNeuroscienceEvolutionary PsychologyMind QuotesPhilosophy Of ScienceSexualEuphoriaMatingNeurologyMateEvolutionary BiologyScience Of MindLibidoSexual IntercourseMating RitualsPhilosophy Of LoveEmotions LoveMating RitualMating CallMating CoupleReproduction Philosophy Book:What is Mind? Source: What is Mind?
“Will you have kids?" "You make such an attractive case for the reproductive plunge. I don't know, Duncan. Childhood is so exhausting." "As a parent?" "I mean as the child. Not sure it's fair to drop somebody else into life without giving them a choice in the matter." "You'll find it's kind of tough to canvass the opinion of sperm." "I prefer asking the eggs—they're more articulate. Anyway, aren't you the guy who's always bemoaning the future of humanity? Saying how the worst jerks always have millions of babies, meaning the world gets worse every generation?" "Exactly why decent people need to have kids.” HumorReproduction Philosophy Book:The Rise & Fall of Great Powers Source: The Rise & Fall of Great Powers