[at-l] Quantifying love (was Wind Chill)

[Mara Factor]

I remembered someone has been trying to quantify love using brain scans so
I googled and found all sorts of attempts from brain scans to changes in
neurochemistry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_basis_of_love
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/love-on-the-global-brain/
http://neuroesthetics.org/html/ArtsAndMinds.html

Regardless of these attempts, I still agree with you.  Even if love is
eventually quantifiable, it's still likely a waste of time.  Ugh, can you
imagine a society where your love has to be quantified before getting a
marriage license?  I suppose it could cut down on green card fraud but for
the rest of us, can you say "big brother is watching?"

Now, trying to make this AT related and failing miserably...  So, back to
your regularly scheduled programming...

Mara

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On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 3:48 AM, Gary Buffington <gbuff at cox.net> wrote:

> This whole business is trying to compare objective data with subjective
> sensation, a waste of time similar to quantifying love.
>
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