Comment on Hormones are powerful drugs. Taken by everybody. Creating massive aggresstion, obsession and mental disturbance. What would freedom from its influences look like for a society? An individual?

Sheeple@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That applies to Testosterone / Estrogen, yes. But keep in mind that there are a lot of non-sexual hormones as well. Insulin and Adrenaline for example are also hormones, and if a body stops producing enough insulin, you can’t exactly claim that “not a lot changes”.

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  • Sheeple@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well Insulin for an example doesn’t change behavior which is what OP primarily asked about. But it certainly would cause issues if it was gone.

    Adrenaline’s function is primarily pain numbing and increasing resource flow to your muscles.

    Honestly 99% of hormones don’t affect behavior but rather so our physical biological activity. When I say “Not a lot” I mean mentally. Physically you’d fucking die tho lmao

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    • justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      To be honest, I get the feeling that the OP isn’t interested in a good faith argument and just wants to push an agenda, given how hard they try to change their question to get the answers they want to hear … logic and reason won’t help much with this kind of discussion.

      And looking at some of the other comments here (not yours, for the record), I’d better leave this thread before it deteriorates too much ^^° I’ll leave that drama to people who can handle it (I have a bit of a thin skin today, sorry)

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      • cameron_vale@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ok I’ll bite. What’s my hidden agenda?

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    • cameron_vale@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m a big science fiction fan. I speculate as easily as I breathe. I’m in the minority.

      For the majority, to fill the hole where speculative exploration should be, there is nitpicking, pedantry, petty aggression and politics.

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      • HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It was a poorly worded question, no need to be defensive.

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  • cameron_vale@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes yes, I’m referring to the big famous mind-altering hormones specifically.

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• cameron_vale@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Pre-puberty I was less aggressive and did not look twice at girls.

  That’s 99% of politics and advertising down the crapper right there.

  I’d call that a pretty big difference.

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