I'm quite certain there are highly skeptical people who have completely lost their heads emotionally. They probably don't see it as such. But, your brain lies to you, and self-justification is a real thing. The books "You Are Not So Smart," "You Are Now Less Dumb," and "Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me)" all have great examples of people justifying irrational actions because of emotional decisions in order to rationalize the behavior.
I don't think they'll ever see it as giving up their skeptical mindset for an idealized form of love - they'll probably count up the ways that person is right for them in pseudo scientific ways.
I'm in the camp that says there isn't just one person for everyone. I just think some people are better at growing old with their spouse than others, if they're monogamous.
Idealized love is kinda shite anyway, since everyone's going to have a different concept of what idealized love should be.
I don't think they'll ever see it as giving up their skeptical mindset for an idealized form of love - they'll probably count up the ways that person is right for them in pseudo scientific ways.
I'm in the camp that says there isn't just one person for everyone. I just think some people are better at growing old with their spouse than others, if they're monogamous.
Idealized love is kinda shite anyway, since everyone's going to have a different concept of what idealized love should be.