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At one point or another, all of us have probably felt like 'love', however we define it, is more trouble than it's worth. 'Love hurts' and 'heartache' are phrases most of us can relate to and a 'cure for love' was written about by Lucretius, Ovid and Shakespeare. But is love just a troublesome artifice we've created for ourselves, or a fundamental part of human existence, to be cherished even when it hurts us?
Advances in science might soon force us to face this question, as anti-love biotechnology would see feelings associated with love limited using medicine, with the concept being treated much like addiction or depression.
Neuro-ethicist Brian D. Earp thinks there's some truth to the old adage that 'love is a drug'.
"Recent brain studies show extensive parallels between the effects of certain addictive drugs and experiences of being in love," he told the New Scientist last year.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ut-should-they-go-ahead-with-it-10037161.html
Advances in science might soon force us to face this question, as anti-love biotechnology would see feelings associated with love limited using medicine, with the concept being treated much like addiction or depression.
Neuro-ethicist Brian D. Earp thinks there's some truth to the old adage that 'love is a drug'.
"Recent brain studies show extensive parallels between the effects of certain addictive drugs and experiences of being in love," he told the New Scientist last year.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ut-should-they-go-ahead-with-it-10037161.html
