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I would highly recommend "A General Theory of Love" as the antidote to belief in the last example you gave. A poetically beautiful book.

• mensetmanusman 5y ago
  It might be an antidote, if one asserts that humans are just chemicals. Many people believe in the assertion that there is free will though, which is a supernatural belief. If we are just chemicals, than those that believe there exists free will believe that out of no volition of their own. E.g. the laws of physics happened to be tuned for the eventual existence of a cloud of atoms seeming to contemplate this on a HN forum ;) In either case, both seem amazing.
  • kian 5y ago
    At the risk of mis-stating the hypothesis, the book is more about the active coupling or entrainment of bio-rhythms between individuals as what 'love' is. That we are able to regulate the bio-rhythms of others with our own, and we do so when we feel 'close' to those people in some way or other.
    • ay 5y ago
      There is another book “the complete idiot’s guide to chemistry of love”, which talks a lot about chemicals. (Great book too)