Articles, such as the one to follow, have often made me realise that it is quite fortunate that I have decided against a career in science or philosophy.
Indeed, had I gone for one, my obscenity would have probably increased tenfold and my emotions would have been numbed down to the most miniscule extent imaginable.
Prior to any inevitable speculations and obnoxious gossip, I would like to note that today’s article is not the spawn of some sort of private dilemma or childish emotions but of pure, and quite innocent, interest in the subject matter and a sheer amazement of the theory that is to be discussed below.
As a person who has been writing poetry for over ten years now, I have always seen love as quite an abstract and illogical emotion capable of subjecting a person’s senses to its very own rhythm.
An emotion so devoid of reason and filled with madness, love has often been avoided and feared by those who want to remain in control of their own words and actions.
And, yet, love has somehow always been humanity’s choice of weapon (arguably not mine).
Alas, sooner or later, love might lead to a social, if not literal, hara-kiri which the protagonist often performs in a state of nebulous daze caused by the unexplained phenomenon that is love.
The Trojan War, for instance, was fought because of Paris
Humanity, however, has long passed the age of Romanticism and has somewhat forsaken the admiration of the iridescent beauty and sweet tragedy of the above.
A new era is upon us; an era, in which logic prevails and rules over emotions.
Recent studies show that love is no longer the ethereal chimaera which you could not tame and succumb to your will.
Rather, it is a series of neurochemical events occurring in our brain under the influence of two hormones- oxytocin (female) and vasopressin (male)
As noted above, the process shall not be discussed in any further detail, mainly due to my predominantly non- scientific background.
I will, however, note that Professor Young at Emory University in Atlanta , Georgia
Prof. Young also notes that, as research advances, we might well reach a point where love can be controlled by a merely administering some pills which will either suppress or increase the level of the said hormones.
At first glance, the above does sound quite farfetched and incredulous.
Nevertheless, regardless of whether your mind can perceive it or not, it would, indeed, seem that we feel with our brain and not our heart.
It may be quite true that we are still far from solving the riddle; but, eventually, we will get there.
And when we do, our words and actions will no longer be hampered by illogical and irrational emotions. Rather, we will have the means to manipulate or eradicate those through our local GP.
In the light of the above, however, looms that a question of ethics and morality:
Would we want to destroy something as magical and enchanting as love?
We just might.
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