charlemango comments on Open Thread, May 26 - June 1, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: charlemango 28 May 2014 01:29:01AM 1 point [-]

Really? That's interesting. What's the hypothesis on why this occurs?

Comment author: chaosmage 28 May 2014 08:55:39AM 1 point [-]

The pop sci explanation is that love gives you dopamine and dopamine decreases appetite - but appetite loss is also a reaction to loss of a loved one so I don't think that's very convincing.