(January 8, 2015 at 1:40 pm)alpha male Wrote:(January 8, 2015 at 1:31 pm)robvalue Wrote: Yes, I'm saying that science is the only way to find actual truth about reality.The claim that my wife loves me has never been scientifically tested. The claim that I love my wife has never been scientifically tested. Yet, those are true and are part of reality.
Some of you guys overstate the usefulness of science. It can be good at what it does, but what it does is limited.
Love is the name we put on one of many emotions.
If you say you love your wife and your wife loves you, that is something that can be demonstrated by behavior.
They can also be tested by science. Functional MRI's for example can show certain parts of the brain lighting up with activity when someone is shown a photo of the person they love. It is always the same areas in the brain for all people.
Brain chemicals associated with love can be shown to increase when someone is in love.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
