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.

  • ristoril_zip@lemmy.zipEnglish
    4·
    10 months ago

    The problem honestly is your concept of hormones is incomplete. There are no hormones that only do one thing. They might have a primary function. But they all have secondary and tertiary functions. They all regulate other hormones. Evolution doesn’t do single functions.

    If you knock down a “fight” hormone you’re probably going to mess up the homeostasis of the body in other ways. You can probably “fix” that artificially, but you’ll be constantly chasing the next side effect. Humans are chemical Rube Goldberg machines of infinite order. Disrupt one thing and it all goes out of whack.

    • cameron_vale@lemm.eeOP
      11·
      10 months ago

      Then go with “freedom fom the mind-altering influences”. What would that look like?

      • Alto@kbin.social
        5·
        10 months ago

        That doesn’t exist, considering things as basic as hungry is a mind-altering influence

        • cameron_vale@lemm.eeOP
          12·
          10 months ago

          There was a whole explanatory block of text after the title that you missed.

          I’m referring to the big famous mind-altering hormones. Testosterone, estrogen. The fighting and fucking urge that shapes 99% of politics, advertising and popular music.