The U.S. News cover story might leave us with the impression that this is all sideshow, that physical attraction is the real thing going on, but anyone who has been in love knows that this is naive. Love, after all, is the ultimate sensation we feel when we contemplate anything that makes life not only worth living, but incredibly exciting. An attractive body may thrill me, but it can hardly give my life meaning. But when that meaning is found, the power of that realization is awesome. And pardon me if that sounds less like biology than romance.
Biology is just the wiring, the chalkboard, the clay.
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