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love, scientific or a feeling?
xlauren73x
post Jul 11 2005, 03:26 PM
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Okay so i searched the forum for a topic like this, and there was one about if you learn to love or what not, but this is a little different. And Yes I did see that they closed the last one because it really is an opinionated debate, but that's what i want.. everyones opinions. So i do apoligize if people think this topic wasn't necessary.

Anyways, my friends and I always get into these great deep conversations about things [a lot turn into debates.. because we're all so different and have different opinions]. One night somehow we got into a topic on Love, and if it is scientific, or a feeling that one feels. I said it's a feeling, not something scientific. There are parts of love that are such as sexual attraction, but i think that when you only have sexual attraction that is lust, not love. My friend said he thinks its all scientific, caused by hormones and such. I agreed that parts of it is hormones, but true love is a feeling that hormones alone cannot cause. What do you all think?
 
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post Jul 11 2005, 04:20 PM
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Love is an emotion, but all emotions, thoughts, and feelings can be broken down into complicated electrochemical reactions in the brain.
 
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post Jul 11 2005, 04:37 PM
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I agreed that parts of it is hormones, but true love is a feeling that hormones alone cannot cause.


True love is all those hormones acting and the brain with all the emotions and stuff...It's scientific...

I bet if some really smart sciencetist tinkered around in someones head, they could manipulate someone into loving some else. Plus, it's pshycological.
 
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post Jul 11 2005, 05:01 PM
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I've never been in love before. Never even thought about it. Except for this girl I'm with now..I don't know things are just different. Most girls I've been wit I never really opened up umm emotionally lets say but i tell my girl everything. I don't think its got a LOT to do with hormones because it aint like they are just kicking in now, then i would have felt more for the girls i was with before as opposed to my f*ck em and forget em mentality i had before..yeah check the ''Racism'' thread in the Debate forum and you'll understand more.
 
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post Jul 11 2005, 05:31 PM
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QUOTE(mipadi @ Jul 11 2005, 2:20 PM)
Love is an emotion, but all emotions, thoughts, and feelings can be broken down into complicated electrochemical reactions in the brain.
.. pwn't.

Anyway, my take on it: love. It's defined differently by every person, so there isn't a universal definition other than it's an emotion. Since it's unique to each person, I'd have to say it's not so-much scientific, but rather personally based on experience. It's an emotion - but there are so many different aspects of it, I can't even begin to list them.

Since love is defined differently for every person, it's possible that some love is all hormones. But to others, such as myself, I do agree that only parts of love is caused by hormonal rages - but the physical/sexual attraction, etc., isn't all lust. Physical attraction is part of love - appreciation for your partner's beauty - and sometimes, the physical attraction is there because of love. Sexual attraction isn't always lust either; I mean, wouldn't you want to fully share yourself with your lover?

Um. I don't know how to finish this. :[
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post Jul 11 2005, 10:02 PM
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QUOTE(mipadi @ Jul 11 2005, 3:20 PM)
Love is an emotion, but all emotions, thoughts, and feelings can be broken down into complicated electrochemical reactions in the brain.
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Wow, couldn't have said it better myself. Love is what someone thinks about another person. WHY MUST PEOPLE OVERANALYZE EVERYTHING A HUMAN DOES? I agree, it is partially chemical, but people have their own opinions and thoughts that are more complex than just electrochemical reactions. And that's where love exists, that they feel they're very much compattible with another human. Love is often based off of similar opinions, which is NOT a majority of electrochemical reactions but a human's own thoughts.
 
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post Jul 11 2005, 11:56 PM
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yeahh i agree with what you said ^.. it's partially chemical but some of it is thoughts about a person and feelings.. my friends think its all chemical things that can be explained and broken down.. like things with hormones and what not.. and i was just like nope its not all like that. *some things in life just arent meant to be explained*
 
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post Jul 16 2005, 03:45 AM
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feelings=hormones hormones=science. therefore feelings=science.
case solved. love is both and/or neither.
 
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post Jul 16 2005, 09:58 AM
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I don't think there's a direct/real answer concerning love. It's your opinion...

Physical attraction is part of love...i don't see how you can love someone and NOT be attracted to him/her...to me it's impossible...
 
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post Jul 17 2005, 12:31 AM
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I don't think there's a direct/real answer concerning love. It's your opinion...
... Hence the reason it's in 'debate.' Everyone has a different view on it - the two opposing sides trying to convice the other. mellow.gif
 
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post Jul 17 2005, 01:50 AM
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QUOTE(aznxdreamer @ Jul 16 2005, 12:45 AM)
feelings=hormones hormones=science. therefore feelings=science.
case solved. love is both and/or neither.
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same here. it's really both.
 
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post Jul 17 2005, 08:12 AM
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QUOTE(Azarel @ Jul 17 2005, 7:31 AM)
... Hence the reason it's in 'debate.' Everyone has a different view on it - the two opposing sides trying to convice the other. mellow.gif
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...i know...mellow.gif...my point is that, i can't say "you are wrong, love is bla bla"... there's no need to try to convince in this case mellow.gif
 
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post Jul 19 2005, 12:07 PM
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Love is an emotion. Love is also impossible to describe, because it's different for every person. Love is just... love.
 
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post Jul 19 2005, 01:04 PM
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Coming from me who is extremely bitter:

Love is an emotion that hollywood produces in million dollar flicks.

Eh. I'm too bitter and heartless.

But love is a very complicated emotion that no one can fully understand. There. I tried tobe scientific.
 
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post Jul 19 2005, 02:25 PM
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I think love is definitely emotion. The interest that leads to love is scientific.
 
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post Jul 19 2005, 03:53 PM
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QUOTE(sandra6645 @ Jul 17 2005, 7:12 AM)
...i know...mellow.gif...my point is that, i can't say "you are wrong, love is bla bla"... there's no need to try to convince in this case mellow.gif
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Yeah. I think it's part scientific, part just thought, but there's no right or wrong answer. I don't think there's really a reason to debate about love.
 
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post Jul 22 2005, 04:47 PM
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i have to say Love is an emotion.

because... that's where we get it from... our heart, our mind.

it just happens. not in a scientific way.
 
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post Jul 22 2005, 09:24 PM
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love is something we feel, but it was made up by our minds. we chose to call this feeling love so now it's love... if we hadn't then there wouldn't be anything called love.
 
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post Jul 23 2005, 03:24 PM
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"Love is the false belief that one woman differs from another."
--HL Mencken
 
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post Jul 24 2005, 02:17 AM
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QUOTE(ComradeRed @ Jul 23 2005, 12:24 PM)
"Love is the false belief that one woman differs from another."
--HL Mencken
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I dont get it. Can you explain it? i'm an idiot. i'm sorry.
 
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post Jul 24 2005, 08:14 AM
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Haha: Mencken was a cynic; I thought that was funny. If you love someone, obviously you love something about them that sets them apart from other people, right? Mencken says that there actually isn't anything.
 
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post Aug 1 2005, 06:01 PM
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I say that love is both. although if you brake it all down, it's caused by hormones mixed with complex electromagnetic pulses in the brain, but there's something deeper to it. I've never been in love or really thought about it much, but I say that parts of love can be caused by hormones and such, but other factors play a part in it.
 
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post Aug 1 2005, 06:08 PM
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i want to believe in love. i really do. but im going to be cynical about this, cuz im in a pretty bad mood.

Love is caused by hormones. its as simple as that. the reason we feel attracted to someone, is because humans want to separate themselves from the rest of the animal kingdom, by believing that their purpose is not just to reproduce and die. which it is. but because we have free will, we assume that there must be some reason why..so we believe that we were meant to be with someone. i guess the people that believe in love believe in religion...to believe that some higher power has destined u to be with someone...which i would reply to with basically the same thing


and no, i really dont say this all the time. im just really pissed off.
 
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post Aug 1 2005, 06:33 PM
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Let's not get all analytical with it.... let's just live it and take it as it comes.
 
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post Aug 1 2005, 07:01 PM
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Meh, my idea of love is also in a quote.

"Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command."

Alan Watts
 
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