Sex in the brain

You don’t see a lot of commentary about the rather sexual nature of the synaptic functionality of neurons in the brain. But consider the process… you have an extension of the neuron (the axon) which closes in on various receptors on other neurons. It then ejaculates neurotransmitters towards these receptors. It’s clearly a sexual act.

We often refer to the “birth” of an idea. Being that ideas are fundamentally the firings of neural networks, this metaphor makes a lot of sense. You can envision one neuron, perched atop another, pumping away, screaming, “Oh God! Oh God! Yeah, that’s it you dirty little whore! Keep doing it! I’m coming! I’m coming!!! ARRGHHHH!!!” And what is the result of this process? Einstein’s theory of relativity. John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps” progression. My various acid logic articles. All the great ideas have fundamentally libidinous sexual beginnings.

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