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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 25

    Helen Pluckrose Retweeted DM Berger

    Ah, intangible accusations. It's smug to think that people who can't understand non-sexual bonds are missing something.https://twitter.com/DM_Berger/status/967630431083315200 …

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    DM Berger @DM_Berger
    Replying to @DM_Berger @Aim2Reason and 2 others
    In particular, Helen's viewpoint seems to come with smugness. When people are smug in this way and claim that people "have trouble understanding" they usually really mean "they are idiots for disagreeing with me".
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      2. Gabriele Marranci‏ @DrMarranci Feb 25
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        My general issue is with concepts. Nobody can tells me what loves is beyond the chemical changes it makes in the brain. In other words: if the person is not under a fMRI Machine I will never know what for that person love means. Pessimistic?

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      3. MEN HEAL‏ @menhealuk Feb 25
        Replying to @DrMarranci @HPluckrose

        Even a brainscan shows very little, as people's scans differ enough with each other, that you can't say much about an individual's inner-state. You can only speak about statistical patterns usually.

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      4. MEN HEAL‏ @menhealuk Feb 25
        Replying to @menhealuk @DrMarranci @HPluckrose

        http://www.iflscience.com/brain/brain-scans-reveal-activity-associated-romantic-love/ … One of the study's limitations: "Furthermore, it is reliant on the students’ classification of being in love, which is subjective". Basically, it's a circular problem. People tell you they are in love, you then brainscan them. But what does that show?

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      5. Gabriele Marranci‏ @DrMarranci Feb 25
        Replying to @menhealuk @HPluckrose

        Exactly. I totally agree. Indeed I do not think really that love can be used in Research in this way for the reason you point out. Yet for instance sexual attraction, excitement, reaction, pheromones reactivity are measurable. We should leave love to poetry!

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      6. MEN HEAL‏ @menhealuk Feb 25
        Replying to @DrMarranci @HPluckrose

        True re poets. Great poets managed to come close to explaining it, but even then it's like we have to experience it. Also love versus lust? Companionship vs sexual bond? I think there's so many things going on. Like you said, I'll leave it to the poets :)

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      7. MEN HEAL‏ @menhealuk Feb 25
        Replying to @menhealuk @DrMarranci @HPluckrose

        Really interesting what you say about the measurements. Anyway, I'm totally getting side-tracked... apologies... I only did so because you made me think about love in detail... which is fascinating. Thanks.

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