love is a figment of the romantic's imagination?

[teag1rl]

I have got to propose the topic 'This house belives that love is a figment of the romantic's imagination'
I am a bit of a cynic when it comes to love but since I'm actually loved up for once in my life I'm struggling to think of the pro's for this. Anyone got any ideas?

[Eve]

Well i'm not for it either but you could i suppose use the following:

Chemical reactions, that's a physical chemical thing. A thermonuclear/biochemical reaction. Or thermodynamic equation. Endorphins. An axon synapse interaction. Hormonal.

http://www.txtwriter.com/Onscience/Articles/Lo veChemistry.html

Runaway sexual selection driven by a positive-feedback mechanism.

The evolutionary propensity towards heterozygousity.

Link it in with survival of the fittest, primal instinct and evolution, the requirement to procreate to prolong the species, a biological need and genetically programmed.

You could expand on monogamy here for pureness of breeding and such. A process designed to eliminate undesirable genetic mutations.

A sieve to ensure highly pathogen-resistant offspring.

A psychological illusion. A fantasy by those who are insecure and hate solitude, need attachment, a form of social, religious and cultural acceptance and conditioning.

Not my views by any means, just trying to help :) x

[teag1rl]

wow jenna! thanks for that. I didnt expect any answers at all. I re-read the Q and it made no sense to me whatsoever! I'll use your ideas. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you x