Argumentative Essay: Love At The First Sight

Have you ever seen some one for the first time and felt like they were the one? Did you know if they were really “the one”? Do you know what “love” is? Was it love at first sight? Some people may claim it was love at first sight and some may claim it was not. There are many arguments against love at first sight, which most do not believe in it. Love at first sight has been known as an instantaneous attraction to someone or something. That definition sounds a lot like lust, does it not? Lust is having a very strong sexual desire for someone. Now, love at first sight is more instant than lust, but they both have a similar definition. After reading, “Evidence”, “The Loss of the Creature”, “Like, Love, Lust”, and “Masters and Johnson on Sex

“Of course, we don’t necessarily form accurate beliefs based on good evidence.” (Schulz 363). The essay “Evidence” relates to logic and probability. You may logically feel as though love at first sight is real, due to research, movies, and etc. but have the probability of thinking you’re in love with a true psycho. There is an example in the essay of a picture and says, “This is a Gavagai.” What is a Gavagai? The picture looks like a rabbit but do you really know if the picture is a rabbit or if it a Gavagai? You do not honestly know. Like love at first sight, you do not know if you fall in love with someone at first sight. You do not truly know them as the person they are so it is hard to determine if you are “in love” with the

This survey took place at Lenox Square Mall in Atlanta, Ga. First, I asked the basic questions of their age, sex, level of education and their ethnicity. These were asked due to statistic purposes. The age groups consisted of 15-21, 25-33, 46-61 and 70+. The sex would either be male or female, yet I did run into a transgender. Education levels were either high school or college, with one exception to a dropout. Most of the ethnicities were black or white with a few foreign exceptions. Next, I would ask each question expecting a yes or no as an answer. For question number one, the question was “Are you currently in a relationship?” Out of the five people I asked, three of the five said yes. Two were of younger age, 15 and 21, and the other was fifty years old. The 21 and 50 year old both had a college education. As far as race and sex goes, there were two whites, female and male, and one Hispanic male. Question number two consisted of “Do you believe in love?” Majority of the people I asked said no. It was a coincidence that the people, who said no, were all females. Two of them were black and one was white. The two black females have a college education while the white female was a high school dropout. The two males that said yes were of the ages 20 and 59, the 20 year old was of Asian decent and the other male was a Hispanic. “Do you believe in lust?” was the third question. Out of the same five people,