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[basmati]

Somehow I managed this morning to get into a conversation about romantic love with my nearly-8-year-old.

Heath: What are hormones?
Heather: They are chemicals in your body that control how you behave.
Heath: Like in your brain?
Heather: Yes.
Heath: So we're sort of robots? Except we're alive.

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[dojothemouse]

Sharp kid.

[basmati]

He impresses me, but I am admittedly biased.

[steam]

Mind if I quote/cite you on this? I love it.

[basmati]

Sure, go ahead!

[gayathri]

well, we are really fascinating biological machines. :)

and OMG, he's almost 8?

[basmati]

8 in June, baby! And yeah, I was really surprised that he made that connection so fast.

[caramida]

Makes me think, "Welcome kiddo, to the wonderful world of behaviorism!"

[basmati]

Tell me about it! I've been reading Blink, which is all about "priming" and I'm beginning to be pretty sure we have no free will at all.

[inoah]

I, for one, welcome our hormone-driven robot overlords.

Especially if they're hot.