Why does lust turn guys into idiots?

[InbetweenDreams]

As well, the all-engaging passion of romantic love is mirrored by a suspension of judgment or a relaxation of judgmental criteria by which we assess other people, a function of the frontal cortex (Fig. 3). This cortical zone, along with the parietal cortex and parts of the temporal lobe, has also been commonly found to be involved in negative emotions. Its inactivation in romantic as well as maternal states – when faced with the loved one – should not therefore be surprising because, when deeply in love, we suspend those critical judgments that we otherwise use to assess people.

I guess we're just fooling ourselves then? Or to put it more exacting, we're slaves to hormones that make us feel in love with someone, yet I could write a fucking book about how I feel about someone in detail. Of course I have to wonder how much about how I feel is utter nonsense and how much is truthful. You cannot be objective when you're "in love," I think that is for certain. However, I think in one way or another we're very much at the mercy of hormones, chemicals and electrical impulses. I don't feel that we're only a fancy chemistry set. Takes the humanity out of the equation.

Makes me think of this scene...