>Of course. And, love, like consciousness, is an emergent phenomenon. An
>even shiftier one, I think.
Love is consensual mutual exploitation.
Of course this kind of statement gets the same reactions as "humans are
animals" and "brains are information processors": immediate, indignant
denial as if accurately describing something somehow debases it. Why is
that? Does reducing the mystery really take away the "magic"?
BTW, congratulations Eva! I wish you every happiness.
-- David McFadzean david@lucifer.com Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/ Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/