I’m talking about the fight/fuck/dominate hormones. Testosterone, estrogen. The reason why putting a pretty girl in an advertisement works so well. And it might explain a lot of aggression too.
Take them out of the equation and that’s 99% of politics, advertising and popular music gone.
So what would that look like for society?
Would it be Star Trek? Would it be a dystopia?
What about the individual??
Flat effect no ambition misery? Or creative powerhouse and visionary?
Give me your speculations.
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”.
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 agent with the additional effect of 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
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)
Ok I’ll bite. What’s my hidden agenda?
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.
It was a poorly worded question, no need to be defensive.
Well now that you are clear as to my point, could you give me your speculations?
Yes yes, I’m referring to the big famous mind-altering hormones specifically.