Scientifically Discrediting 'Love'

Science differs from philosophy in many ways, one of which is through the need of hard evidence to support a claim. Philosophy on the other hand is.. philosophy. Theories deduced from observation or experience. "But philosophy is a science, too". Mmkay.

My theory is that love between potential partners is irrelevant prior to life in the marriage paradigm, en sa7 il ta3beer. Note that I do say potential partners, as well as prior to life as a married couple. That means, for all of you dying to tell me all about how you cannot imagine living with someone you know nothing about, that what you have to say is irrelevant too. Simply because that is NOT what I am saying.

For all I know, I could marry one of the readers right now. For all you know, you could end up marrying the person who commented on one of your posts; had a fight with his sister when you were 3 years old; or even sat next to her cousin on a plane. Point being, you could end up marrying anyone, or you could end up choosing not to marry, or you can end up fortunate enough to not marry.

Up to this point, all the above is silly nonsense, a philosophizing of something that needs not philosophy; rather, it needs concrete evidence. This is how theories are proven, falsified, or nullified. If you don't know this already, "………".

Hypothesis:

Say in an instance of either the presence, or absence of a value, V, the consequence is unaffected; we can establish that V does not account for the consequence if present.

That is to say,

1 + 1 = 2

And also, 1 + 1 + 0 = 2

The 0 here, therefore, can be V.

Put into words in regard to marriage, the mere fact that some marriages work without a prior love relationship, LR, between the potential partners; one has the right to conclude that LR is of irrelevance to the success of marriage, M.

That is to say, that the following is true no matter how you look at it.

Boy + Girl = M

However, given that we agree on: 1+1+0 = 2, just as 1+1 = 2; we have no reason to doubt the validity of:

M = Boy + Girl + LR

Notice, still, that LR = Boy + Girl is not 'free'. It is, in certain contexts, inescapably bound by, and is not limited to: Risk, Society, Reputation, amongst many others.

With that, we have refuted any instance of accusation, and falsified any assumption that, M = Boy + Girl, does not stand.

We know it to be enough, because LR can surely have a value of 0, and M will stand regardless.

It is not to be disregarded completely; but it must be noted that it includes many variables (mentioned above, e.g. reputation of both potential partners) and in the end will never, alone, evolve into M unless Boy+Girl decide to change Title.

Therefore, indeed, LR = 0

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edit: was looking at mbh's space and he had something about a desktop shot, here we go.