Scott: So there’s this article on Slashdot that says that says the pain of a breakup is the same as a physical burn.
Me: How’d they figure that out?
Scott: They did a study of people who had just gone through a breakup. They put them in MRIs that measured their brain’s response while having their arm burned or being shown a picture of their ex.
Me: Let me get this straight. They went out and found people who had just been dumped and then burned them? On purpose?
Scott: Yeah pretty much.
(Full article here)