| According to Helen Fisher, a Rutgers University anthropologist with waaay too much time on her hands, the human desire for love is actually a bizarre mix of DNA, brain power and brain chemicals, comparable in degree to more definable human needs like hunger or thirst. Under these terms, romantic love can be "stronger than the drive to live," and, according to the reporter of the story, "can prompt suicide, homicide and even elopement" if a person becomes obsessive. Hmm. Nice to see that someone has their priorities in order. Modern-day males would definitely find a quickie marriage more horrifying than getting bludgeoned to death in their sleep. |
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