I was watching television a few days ago and there was a show on about how scientists think love is not real. They think it is a chemical reaction in the body and it happens to trick you into thinking you love someone, so you will stay with them long enough to mate and continue the human species.
What do you think of this?
I believe this is probably somewhat true, but I also believe love is very real.
2006-07-26 09:20:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Given that we are evolved creatures, and what I know about the experience of falling in love, I think the hypothesis about chemical changes in the brain is the only reasonable explanation for the behavior possible while one is in love. And if the research is done to flesh out the data there will be no doubt that it is "real".
On the other hand, one's experience is not of the changed brain chemistry directly, but rather of the feelings induced. Surely that experience is "real" also, you are after all experiencing it.
So your question is a bit unfair in that it presumes that only one of these things can be real. I am guessing that you think the biological explanation takes some of the "magic" out of the experience. I don't see why it should, as long as you acknowledge the reality of your feelings. However, knowing the biology might help you - say the morning after the first date - to make a decision that is in your own best interests rather than the best interests of your genotype.
2006-07-26 09:46:50 · answer #1 · answered by dr. d. 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well if this can be a chemical response, then it's nonetheless very truly within the experience that some thing is going on for your mind to make you "love" any individual. I'm certain its a combo of many matters, chemistry handiest being a small facet of it. You have to proportion the equal pursuits, revel in spending time in combination, and be bodily interested in the individual to a few measure (that's usually the level of the chemical position). Love is certainly truly, any manner you desire to believe approximately it.
2016-08-28 17:29:47 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you take this argument to its logical conclusion, no human experience is real, because it can all be correlated with chemical changes in the body.
Certainly there is a chemical component to love that affects your immediate response to someone. But the fact that you are responding to pheromones doesn't make the experience less real. And there is more to love than the chemistry. Chemistry may fuel the initial rush, but couples who are still in love after many years are there because they work at it.
Also, you are not entirely at the mercy of your chemistry. Experiments have shown that you can influence what chemicals are produced by your actions. Laughter produces a variety of beneficial chemical reactions which you can take advantage of by forcing yourself to laugh. Love is a bit more complicated, of course, but I suspect something similar is at work when you hear about people in arranged marriages who "learn" to love each other over time.
2006-07-26 10:49:42 · answer #3 · answered by injanier 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
First of all, what about birth control and HIV, we as smart as we think we are, find out anything to make a living. So much for continue the human species. I personally think it's great to go thru all these chemical circumstances and feel good about it, knowing these scientists are wright but of course never admit it! Because what's more beautifully than to see all the colors, the sun, the moon, the stars, believing in you believing in me. And it ends one day when you had enough, some people don't know it when they should. A lot of work for lawyers, unhappiness, to everyone involved. So to get to where we find true love is where we accept who we are, able to love ourselves in our lives. Being open to receive, anything you dream of!!!
2006-07-27 11:56:37 · answer #4 · answered by Ole sos 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When you can live with someone 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, compromise some of your own dearest desires and interests for the sake of sharing and making your loved one happy, fight about some tough life issues but forgive and forget (no matter how much it hurts your ego!) --that's love, my friend. AND, if you have children who are teenagers and unconditionally accept them for whoever they are (within legal limits!) -- that, too is love. There is no chemical in the brain for sharing years with someone and loving UNCONDITIONALLY.
2006-07-26 09:34:43 · answer #5 · answered by Honeybee 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Consciousness is emergent from the complexity of the brain. So is love. So, it's not just a chemical reaction.
2006-07-26 12:07:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe Love is Real.
I believe also there are chemicals in the body that react to all the things that attract people to each other.
I believe Lust is Real as well.
I believe lust can cause the "tingles" that also attract people to each other, but Love is what sustains the relationship.
2006-07-26 09:25:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Hey Krissa,,,,, dont tell me that,,,, one of these days ,, I am going to find me someone that really loves me,,,, for who i am.....
good luck........
2006-07-26 09:25:38 · answer #8 · answered by eejonesaux 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it matters what makes you feel it.
2006-07-26 09:23:10 · answer #9 · answered by mad1badbadger 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋