Collaborative Writing

I have an idea for an innovative method of writing a science fiction novel. What if two authors, with radically different views of society, write the part of the factions that represent them in the novel? With some maturity and mutual respect, it would not have to devolve into something like this example. As They Might Be Giants would say, this could lead to excellence or serious injury.
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What Is Love?

This is a followup to the topics we ranged over during yesterday's discussion of cathexis.

What is love? According to this site,

Dopamine, phenyl ethylamine and oxytocin.

"The parts of the brain that involve unconscious processes like movement are heavily involved with strong feelings of love." So remember, the next time you fall head over heels, to whisper these sweet words: medial insula, anterior cingulate, basal ganglia."

Discuss. (I love throwing curveballs.) :)