| o_O.Q said: this does not in anyway address what I've asked you |
Yes it does.
| o_O.Q said: you cannot explain why a man for example will choose to love and stay with a woman who is much less attractive to another woman that he may interact with |
False assumption considering you haven't provided a single shred of evidentiary support in this thread thus far.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_theory
| o_O.Q said: if the only thing you are taking into consideration is material then clearly he should be ditching one woman for the next |
False.
| o_O.Q said: you cannot explain why some people are scared of things like cotton balls or clowns or whatever for seemingly no reason |
False assumption. I can.
Genetic and environmental factors can cause irrational reactions to something... And can often be brought on with a distressing event in ones past.
https://www.healthline.com/health/phobia-simple-specific
Another name is the "Fight or Flight response".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight-or-flight_response
| o_O.Q said: why people in a sexually dimorphic species would choose to identify as cats |
Sexuality is a spectrum. But other species have "identified" as other animals... You raise a squirrel with kittens and it will start to purr.
| o_O.Q said: dopamine is released as a reaction to an enjoyable activity its not proactive but reactive, it has no part to play in this argument |
And that enjoyable feeling from that chemical reaction promotes repetition of an activity.
It certainly has play in this argument.
| o_O.Q said: while you're at it explain consciousness for me with a material/scientific explanation |
Consciousness is a very subjective term and is difficult to quantify either way.
...And considering I am not a doctor, I am not willing to make medical/scientific assertions on the topic to any great detail, I'll leave that up to the experts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness#Scientific_study
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_science
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