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Monogamy v polyamory
Is monogamy better? Is poly better? Is there an overall norm for people, with exceptions? Is it totally pluralistic? Here are some points for monogamy, with some counter points, to convey some of my uncertainty but nevertheless leaning into what I’ve chosen: Point: I don’t know a... Yeah, I’m with you. Although… I think the man and woman genders will always have the specialness of being the OG genders, with a giant history and biological impact, and we shouldn’t ignore or deconstruct this away, while still honoring and including all the genders as equal... - fra...
It's fun to think, like science fiction, but it's totally alien to biological reality. Friendships between men are naturally poly, as the goal (hunting?, war?) needs large bands of affiliated men. Romantic relationships have a different goal (reproduction).... - annabeth...
It’s feeling similar to how our digestive tract is still our skin. We’re tubes interacting with the world passing through us as well as outside of us.
I agree that these frames are pretty wonky and often misused; I get really annoyed by the way many if not most people use the concept in personal growth culture. Most of the assumptions don’t hold across cultures.... lol biology has failed 😂
Have yall come across "Assembly Theory"?
My first reading is that it's kinda a like a Christopher Alexander process take on what comprises life; eg: "The specific molecules in your body aren’t that old, but the lineage of these objects being reconstructed goes back that far.... - kendra...
I have heard that the “mom brain” phenomenon is actually tied to a really big neurological event that happens where your brain is creating space/attuning to that which matters most and requires, therefore, the most brain matter.... Can a worm be rehydrated?
At what point does a worm truly die? If I see a kinda dried out worm on a sidewalk, can it be rehydrated?
Only Women Bleed
Biology isn't bigotry. Women have periods. Men do not. Rare medical anomalies or transitions don't rewrite the rule for the species. If someone claims otherwise, ask the uterus.... American Politics
Poly-many
Ticks-blood sucking parasites
Wake up, its us goyim versus the chicken swingers...
- Lateadult...
Please do! Honor the biology of most things that we want to grow. Rest and recovery periods are so imperative. 😎
- Klug...
Everyone is a fisherman, just nobody knows anything about fish...
It's funny how many people claim to be fishermen especially with social media these days all you have to do is take a couple pictures with some fish more often than most people in boom you're considered basically unsponsored professional fisherman and sometimes sponsored.... - Merrengue...
Feet are parts. Walking is a pattern. Consciousness, to me, is a pattern; not a possession. Plants don’t need feet to grow, and systems don’t need to “have” awareness to participate in it.
PLANTS ARE NOT CONSCIOUS
This is my response to a post to a Facebook group post about the idea that plants and animals without brains have consciousness; that plants, and other life forms without nervous systems like ours, might also have it.... - onlooks like I've been wrong and spreading misinformation about the disproven "triune brain theory"by
I'm still learning, but my current sense is that the mechanistic claims are disproven given current understanding of biology and evolution, but the narrative is compelling enough (just like you've said) that it persists.... I had a similar response to the first point — the compulsion to procreate is life - it's the least selfish thing one can do. We went from single celled organisms to fish to apes to us because of that compulsion (along with a bunch of other stuff)....