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The discovery of mirror neurons (twenty years ago) in the brain on macaque monkeys is controversial. In particular, the biological mecanism of "shared neural activations" has been proposed as a model to understand the concept of "cognitive empathy". What if human consciousness can sense the mental states of others by expressing empathy? Can we teach artificial intelligence to share empathy with humans?

I was thinking cognitive memory to be independent from synaptic plasticity since memory formation is mediated by DNA. Hence, could there be a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer disease?

Facebook and related social networks are corporations-sponsored spying site to monitor your behavior online. They use the latest technologies in terms of data mining and artificial intelligence. For a teenager, it is a huge virtual world to meet friends online and share thoughts (or tweets). A few notes: 1. I think the online surveillance of individuals through monitoring (big-data) of Internet content can be abusive and a potential privacy issue. 2. We need not to give up our digital rights to corporations. 3. Teenagers also have digital rights on the web... See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights

Why? We already know the source of true love is independent from our evolutionary/genetic traits. True love is transcending from your mama. It is this relationship in my opinion which is the origin of true love. Learn to sense true love and then you can measure it with objective parameters/variables.

The source of love is quantum energy independent from biological influence.

I disagree. True love exists independently of sexual evolution and biological factors. True love is not programmable by genes in the brain, nor can it be influenced by our behavior. Try to educate yourself on the phenomenology of love before attempting to understand why it is independent from neurological/genetic influences.

Love and sexual orientation are evidences that we have free will over our thoughts. The mind/matter connection is not directed by genes, and thinking consciousness is nothing but a electrochemical soup is incorrect. You have to consider macroscopic quantum-like effects in the phenomenology of love, to understand how/why love is "quantum energy".

True love is independent from gene-directed activation of oxytocin. True love operates beyond the dimension of classical physics and is a form of subtle/discrete energy. The resonance of our bioelectromagnetic fields is evidence of the quantum mechanics of love and consciousness.

Is consciousness a form of energy? I don't know the answer to this. What I trust is that consciousness and love are immaterial energy sources. The electromagnetic brain waves vibrations are a evidence of this energitic presence.

The point I was trying to make is that love is independent from sexual orientation. Anyways, it seems logical to me that love and sexual orientation are not directed by genes but from a emerging property of our consciousness. The energy potential of consciousness is Love. Love is a non-physical energy mediated by the mind/matter link.

I'm still not convinced true love is genetic. Sexual orientation is not something we inherit from our genes. Love is a emerging property of the human consciousness. The essence of love and consciousness are non-physical phenomenons because we cannot measure the mind capacity to acquire love. In my opinion, the feeling of love is not a gene-mediated function but rather a complex experience of the unity of consciousness: The mind/matter link is evidence that love is a type of energy independent from DNA regulation and is purely immaterial/emerging in nature.

I don't think the essence of love is genetic. For example, love is not a feeling which can be learned. It is "acquired" by our consciousness in the womb and emerges as the intrinsic nature of (loving) humans. Furthermore, there's no empirical evidences that DNA interacts with the unity of consciousness: The science of love/consciousness is a emerging scientific domain to investigate the immaterial nature of love.

Hi DrP, The source of love is clearly misindurstood by science. I'm interested in the philosophical validity of scientific love. What do you mean by the "sauce of love" ? Do you mean to categorize love on different perceptual sensations? I'm thinking the "source" of love must be immaterial in nature and a type of energy we acquire from the mind/matter link of the mother during pregnancy.

What is the source of Love? Is love transmitted to newborns like a virus from your mama? Can the study of love (Loveology) measure the power of love from the beginning? Can artificial intelligence replicate love? My opinion is that the essence of love is immaterial and not bound to classical physics. Your mama is the source of love. The power of Love can be seen as the fourth dimension of consciousness: It require incredible psychological energy to share true Love; Love is energy of the mind to accept your mama as yourself.

Congratulations StringJunky for quitting to smoke. Today is my first day without smoking. I've been a heavy smoker for 3 years now, until I realized it is really a psychological addiction. Unlike cannabis smoking, nicotine has not been proven useful for anything. I think quitting to smoke tobacco will help me to lower my BP and rebuild my cardiovascular system, destroyed by smoking and lack of exercise. Peace!

Assuming memory formation is genetic, can cognitive memory be improved by the activation of synaptic plasticity?

Neuroleptic-induced ex vivo dopamine alterations may negatively affect dopamine neurotransmission and hippocampal synaptic plasticity. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3597980/ Impaired synaptic plasticity and NMDA receptor hypofunction are prevalent models of drug-induced schizophrenia.

I totally agree with you. Violence is the tool of the weak. Bullying can be defeated by using psychology.

Even if you instruct/program a machine to speak chinese, it doesn't necessary means it understands the semantics of the language. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room

A behavior or misbehavior is not a disease.

I disagree. Caffeine-induced diuresis is caused partly by the blocking of adenosine receptors. See: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27225921

It appears delta9-THC can inhibit the synthesis, maturation and cellular transport of HSV2-type glycoproteins. See: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3033681

It matters to me! Diuretics are potential antihypertensive substances. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diuretic

Not really a concern. Caffeine is a diuretic.