New York Times(1/4/05) ran a series in which they asked scientists,
"What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?"
David Buss
Psychologist, University of Texas; author, "The Evolution of Desire"
True love.
"I've
spent two decades of my professional life studying human mating. In
that time, I've documented phenomena ranging from what men and women
desire in a mate to the most diabolical forms of sexual treachery. I've
discovered the astonishingly creative ways in which men and women
deceive and manipulate each other. I've studied mate poachers, obsessed
stalkers, sexual predators and spouse murderers. But throughout this
exploration of the dark dimensions of human mating, I've remained
unwavering in my belief in true love.
While love is common, true love
is rare, and I believe that few people are fortunate enough to
experience it. The roads of regular love are well traveled and their
markers are well understood by many - the mesmerizing attraction, the
ideational obsession, the sexual afterglow, profound self-sacrifice and
the desire to combine DNA. But true love takes its own course through
uncharted territory. It knows no fences, has no barriers or boundaries.
It's difficult to define, eludes modern measurement and seems
scientifically woolly. But I know true love exists. I just can't prove
it."
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