/lit/ - Literature

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It was either Watson or Crick that commented on abstaining one time, I'm at a loss for finding the exact quote. Their conception of the double helix structure occurred under the influence of LSD and during a period where they were both abstinent young men.
Watson made slightly racists comments later on in asserting darker skinned people made love more frequently, which impaired their ability to work well.
From this, we can surmise they practiced it during their best moment in life, despite not necessarily preaching it as lifestyle for others. After completing their life work, it was clear, especially Watson, fooled around afterward as the 1960s progressed full swing.

It's been established that the seat of reason and the sexual urge stem from two distinct parts of the brain, that compete with one another. When one is activated, the other decreases. The brain isn't one cohesive entity. We're a product of what we repeatedly do. Cease listening to the biological perfectionists who think that the body, much less the brain, has no penalty for what is done with it. There is always a toll to be paid. We now see that the sexual drive is a product of behavioral reinforcement, dependent upon ΔFosB induction. People report desensitization however, this simply is not the case. Perhaps to old stimuli but the act itself is merely reinforced with every orgasm undertaken. I recall a time whenever I could look up some pornography actress and turn arousal into disgust. Now, even typing the name in results in arousal. If that doesn't show the behavioral conditioning of this, I don't know what will. People like to foolishly indulge in pleasure, thinking there isn't a cost, thinking they are in full control, rather than predetermined biological drives. Now, I am not deterministic in view of the mind; however, if left to its own natural pitfalls, we can be stuck in what is largely a predetermined set of actions. This is why monotony and mediocrity invariably creep in. People are cemented in a routine of eat, work, eat, come home, masturbate or sex, go to sleep and their life is nothing but a gigantic habit loop.