Is there scientific proof that love exists?

Question

Science means truth not proof but lets see what we get.

Answer 1

Got me stumped there with the statement after your question.  It appears that you eliminated all answers to your question with the statement following it.  Math is a science and in geometry there are loads of proofs, i.e., one must prove a theorem, not "truth it."  Anyway...how about answering a question with a question?

Is there scientific proof (or truth) that love does NOT exist?

Answer 2

No, there is no scientific proof that love exists because love is a form of emotion which can't be given any proof about. Nobody can say you are in love as only you can feel it and nobody can actually prove it.

Answer 3

no but there is proof that taking too much crystal meth while surfing yahoo answers can lead to strange things

Answer 4

they are all right, it exists because it's a chemical.  everything you think, everything you know, and everything you believe is a chemical in your brain

Answer 5

Of course, the love boson.

Answer 6

Of course.

First, it is an emotion and you can devise repeatable tests to measure it. You can run a study asking random people of they are in love, vs. those about to be married.

Second, it is well known that love has a chemical basis in the brain. Many hormones involved in love are fairly well known. Oxytocin, vasopressin, testosterone, estrogen, etc. all lead to various love-related feelings - pair bonding, lust, comfort, jealousy/protective behaviors, etc. You can predict if someone is in love (and often whether it is romantic or a child and parent relationship, etc.), by measuring levels of these chemicals.

Third, MRI studies of the brains show similiar kinds of activities when patients are undergoing certain emotions. Love being one of them. Scientists know that certain brain activities indicate love and/or other emotions.

Forth, we can force such behaviors (and presumably the emotion) on lesser mammals (moles, and mice) by giving them injections of certain hormones and/or electrically stimulating various centers of the brain. Give a male rat enough vasopressin and he will pair-bond with any female rat and get darn agressive towards other males.

Answer 7

Love is a perceived state due to specific brain activity and chemicals.  And yes, that can be demonstrated.

Might as well ask if happiness can be proven.  As a subjective experience, no.  But we can show the specific chemicals at work and parts of the brain being triggered when someone is 'happy'.

Answer 8

absolutely,

we can work backwards for signs of when it no longer exists as evidenced by the emptying of a bank account after divorce...

Answer 9

i heard about studys about females and males being attracted to each other because of chemicals and hormones in the brain.. causing the feeling of "love"

but is it true?

who knows.

Answer 10

Well can observe love we can hypothesize its existence, but as far as giving factual evidence of the existence of feelings overall I believe it possible.

There is evidence of psychopathy, antisocial and narcissistic personality disorders. Various papers show their studies, results and treatments. Although my examples are a bit dramatic, I just want to show that emotions in general can be difficult to explain based on the field (philosopher, psychologist, M.D.) but they are tangible and can be measured, explained and understood.

Love, just like sadness and hate, is nothing more than vesicles, synapses, hormones and neurotransmitters.