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Re:Single-dose testosterone administration increases prefere... by chris_mc on Thursday July 05, 2018 @05:57PM (#17467213)
Following our nature is easy, we just do it naturally. Opposing our baser instincts is hard, so a lot of people don't. The greatest leap as a species we can take is if we can make it a social imperative to act against those urges, but in today's corporate-controlled world, our "corporate overlords" want us to react on instinct to purchase expensive, wasteful, and useless items and services. Until we figure out how to hold a corporation to the same ethics and morals we hold individuals, that won't happen.
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Re:Single-dose testosterone administration increases prefere... by ivoras on Friday July 06, 2018 @03:50AM (#17469727)
> The greatest leap as a species we can take is if we can make it a social imperative to act against those urges

As likely most geeks and office warriors can vouch for, fighting your endocrine system leads to depression, anxiety and "finding yourself" problems.

Rather than fighting nature, which is a losing battle from the concept itself, I think the ideal is to find a balance with it, this means (however Jungian it sounds) accepting both our darker and lighter sides, both intellectual and physical.

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Re:Single-dose testosterone administration increases prefere... by eeZah7Ux on Friday July 06, 2018 @05:03AM (#17469969)
> fighting your endocrine system leads to depression

citation needed

> Rather than fighting nature

What? Humans have a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefrontal_cortex for impulse control.

"This brain region has been implicated in planning complex cognitive behavior, personality expression, decision making, and moderating social behavior."

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