2006-09-19 14:28:27 · 8 answers · asked by N² 3 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
The scientific answer for where love comes from is found in similarity. We love what is similar to us. I say similar because identical is innacurate. We are most pleased with things that are just slightly different from what we are used to - we are most used to ourselves as far as people go, which is why in the case of love people who are slightly different from us attract to us. Studies have been done that show that people who are of about the same level of attractiveness tend to have the most compatibility.
So why do we love? We love because we have found somebody almost exactly like us!
2006-09-19 14:37:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bluntly enough, it is to make more people.
Or so that is the scientific researched reason for it which in my opinion is not the complete picture because it doesn't explain homosexual love (though I also have a theory for this ^_^).
We fall in love because if we don't, we'd see everything negative or ugly about the other person and wouldn't want them to have kids with and if this happens that nobody thinks another person is worthy then the human race would cease to exist.
Or we can always go with the humanly reasons... companionship, the feelings of being elated, happiness, experience which are in my opinion is a whole lot better explanation. :D
"A life without love is no life at all." -- Ever After
2006-09-19 21:59:43 · answer #2 · answered by Lea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might not know about this...
Tantric Buddhism can answer this.
According to it, we all have an essence of the opposite sex. I forgot what essence. It's like for a man, he will have an inner essence of female and vise versa. So when a man sees a woman who's compatible, he feels that this woman fulfills part of him. The same with the opposite sex. And thus born love.
2006-09-20 00:36:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An urge or desire to avoid the unpleasant, natural, animal instinct of defensive position when communicating, atleast with compatible persons !
2006-09-19 21:42:01 · answer #4 · answered by Spiritualseeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To make more people.
2006-09-19 21:35:50 · answer #5 · answered by phoephus 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they just can't help themselves. It comes natural to love something or someone.
2006-09-19 21:35:51 · answer #6 · answered by BAnne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess to complete one's self... we feel alone, emptiness so we need someone to complete that feeling we feel for us to be happy and whole again.
2006-09-20 22:04:32 · answer #7 · answered by simplyme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they are designed/programmed into that purpose
to fill a void?
to be " COMPLETE" i d say.
2006-09-19 21:38:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋