Because it’s February, another from the old blog: In this past Sunday’s [note--this is from late January 2009] New York Times Magazine, Daniel Bergner reports on a number of modern sexologists who have set out to explore what Freud once termed the “dark continent” of female sexuality. This is no brief article, but a detailed …
Category Archive: Love
Feb 04 2012
His Frothiness, On Gay Marriage
He’s famous for his piety His name has notoriety You know him and you love him, Rick Santorum Because of his propriety He benefits society While gays do not, he told a public forum We do not need additional (Beyond our known, traditional) New marriages—it’s best we just ignore ‘em. Of course, a politician ‘ll …
Feb 03 2012
A Scientific Valentine
…Because, despite everything I try, it remains February. I write today of human love Not as some gift from god above, But scientific views thereof From many different fields. Each science may have different tools, And so the scientific schools, Although they may agree on rules, Have very different yields. The chemists say it’s chemistry; …
Feb 02 2012
The Evolutionary Biology Valentine
This one made it to The Open Laboratory one year, but has yet to show up in a Hallmark card. In sociobiology, Why I love you and you love me— Which anyone can plainly see— Is mostly in our genes. No, not the ones you buy in stores, But what a scientist explores– I like …
Feb 02 2012
Science Of Love (A Valentine)
It’s February, and I’m already getting searches for various sorts of scientific valentines. So as a public service, I’m gonna be re-posting several of my favorites from previous years. These are not anti-love or anti-science, but you could call them anti-reductionist. Love is not something that chemicals do, it’s something that we do. When science …
Dec 24 2011
One Last Christmas Post
…Cos I completely forgot about this one. If you’re sick to death of Christmas verses and songs and stuff, don’t click. If you could stand one more, and can read sheet music, though, I wrote this one years ago, and last year a generous reader took my lousy attempt at sheet music, and made it …
Dec 03 2011
Marriage, Doggy Style
Jason, over at Lousy Canuck, reports that the American Family Association has sounded the alarm. Gay marriage, they tell us, leads to polygamy, to men wanting to marry their car, their building, their dog. Once you’ve opened the door an inch, it’s anything goes! And I was reminded of something I wrote a while ago, …
Nov 14 2011
Oh, Newt!
Ok, since this one was eaten by the upgrade, I’m reposting it. Now that pretty much every GOP candidate has had a turn at the top of the polls, we finally see Newt Gingrich (within margin of error) in a tie with Mittens for the lead (.pdf) . Given the average turnaround we’ve seen, there’s …
Oct 03 2011
Donors Choose
“But look at the good that religions can do; The hospitals, daycares, the soup kitchens too They all let the love of the savior shine through Like the light of the overhead sun” Your invisible god has a bit of a quirk: That good—every bit—is from people at work; And working, not praying (“just clasp …
Sep 29 2011
Evolutionary Biology Valentines Day Poem
I have been reading quite a bit about Evolutionary Bio and Evo-Psych explanations of human behavior, of whether or not it is appropriate to apply these theoretical models to people–especially to the behavior of individuals, and all that. If I had the time, I’d probably write something coherent about it, and include this poem. But …
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