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Mydriasis · 08-10-2009, 07:21 PM

Well I've read this all over I'm not sure who first proposed it or if it's considered fact or not. So I figured let's have a good old fashion yahookan discussion!

Topic: People only have two emotions, Love, and Fear.

It is also suggested that the feeling of these emotions changes the way our bodies access our DNA. Love accessing more components of our DNA and fear the opposite. We can get into this if this discussion get's lame fast or something.

My stance: I believe it to be true. I feel that Love is the reason why we don't go out burning down forests and killing strangers for food.

I think Fear is pretty self explanatory, I could see it coming directly from evolution as well. You have to learn to fear jumping off cliff-sides and trying to hand-to-hand combat predators(lions, bears, etc).

But where do things such as depression come from? I would say from being restrained by fear's.

What about anger? I'd say from the frustration of depression.

It seems to me like this is the 'dichotomy' of emotion, and from all other "shades of grey" come from mixes of the two or different reactions from one or the other.

What do you think?

08-10-2009, 07:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mydriasis Do Not Resuscitate Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,317 Thanks: 840 Thanked 431 Times in 298 Posts	Only Two Emotions? Well I've read this all over I'm not sure who first proposed it or if it's considered fact or not. So I figured let's have a good old fashion yahookan discussion! Topic: People only have two emotions, Love, and Fear. It is also suggested that the feeling of these emotions changes the way our bodies access our DNA. Love accessing more components of our DNA and fear the opposite. We can get into this if this discussion get's lame fast or something. My stance: I believe it to be true. I feel that Love is the reason why we don't go out burning down forests and killing strangers for food. I think Fear is pretty self explanatory, I could see it coming directly from evolution as well. You have to learn to fear jumping off cliff-sides and trying to hand-to-hand combat predators(lions, bears, etc). But where do things such as depression come from? I would say from being restrained by fear's. What about anger? I'd say from the frustration of depression. It seems to me like this is the 'dichotomy' of emotion, and from all other "shades of grey" come from mixes of the two or different reactions from one or the other. What do you think? __________________ ۞ Last edited by Mydriasis; 08-10-2009 at 07:23 PM.