Zen Materialist Poems

Some say that marriage is a power of two
That's just one determination
Two square roots of three might do
But that is mere approximation
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We know that when looking upon your beloved that the right ventral tegmental area and parts of the caudate nucleus activate to distribute dopamine, the chemical that rewards your brain.These areas of the brain are the oldest evolutionarily - nearly identical with reptiles - and are same areas activated by drugs like cocaine.

We know that when two people are talking, and really understand each other, that specific areas of their two brains are literally synchronized, and activity in the listener's striatum and medial prefrontal cortex can even anticipate activity in the speaker's brain.
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