The method the article is very similar in some dimensions to psychotherapy.It's very common that one side falls in love with other on the course of psychological therapy.For example "Some studies have reported that 95 percent of male therapists and 76 percent of female therapists admit that they felt sexual feelings toward their patients"[1].
So i wouldn't be so fast to rule this out.
As a counterpoint, in the original Aron study[2] the researchers describe circumstances that it works less well, for example, when people have an avoidant/dismissive personality.
So i wouldn't be so fast to rule this out.
As a counterpoint, in the original Aron study[2] the researchers describe circumstances that it works less well, for example, when people have an avoidant/dismissive personality.
[1]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2921238/
[2]http://www.stafforini.com/txt/Aron%20et%20al%20-%20The%20exp...