Is love at first sight real?

Experts suggest the phenomenon is just an illusion.

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Watching a person eat a delicious morsel, is salivating a form of love at first sight?

And what exactly is meant by first sight? Having the same experience as watching a spectacular sunset at the same time and be similarly moved and bonded by the "moment".

I believe these experiences fall under the heading of empathy and we do know that empathy exists.

Why are people attracted to specific "types"?

The article speaks of lust as if that is somehow not a genuine emotional response, stemming from the fundamental drive for procreation.
Lust is a universal emotion and is already expressed in single celled organisms. It is what keeps species thriving.

And the example of gay attraction is just another expression of empathy caused by the "mirror neural network". There is no moral attached to personal attraction, unless the attraction itself is of a harmful and therefore immoral nature. Being gay is not immoral.
 
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