Raj and Ruchi in “The Geology Methodology”

Are you saying that you don't believe two people fall in love?

Of course they do. It's just that what people call "love" is actually a series of biochemical reactions in the brain, that fade over time.

Yes. Like the old song "When a Man Has a Biochemical Reaction For a Woman".

Raj, we're scientists. We don't need to feel threatened just because we understand the mechanisms that give rise to romantic feelings. It doesn't take anything away from the experience.

Yes, it does. Actually, it takes everything away from it. Love isn't just science, okay? It's spiritual. It's an acknowledgement of a mystery that's greater than ourselves. It's what makes people write songs, and poems, and what has kept The Bachelor on TV for twenty-one magical seasons.

Don't you think the fact that love is given away as a prize on a game show slightly undermines your argument?

Uh, yes. But I've never missed an episode, and I dare science to explain that.