It works, if the amount of love outweighs the amount of fear. Of course, love and fear are both incredibly easy to manipulate...
Whenever I start to have doubts, I just watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60m831gtz_U&feature=related
First link wasn't working properly, and the second one I almost posted had its audio turned off by Warner Music Group. Yes, WMG owns the rights to Martin Luther King's speeches, and they won't let you post it on youtube.
I think this link will work for the time being, though.
edited 6th Oct '11 10:00:28 PM by MyGodItsFullofStars
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No offense, but that sounds a little bit like: "Everytime I think about something good I immediately watch videos about Hitler so I can safely go on believing that Humans Are Bastards."
^Uhm, did you just compare MLK to Hitler? Because I think you just compared MLK to Hitler...
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Swap Hitler with any other negative thing then.
It does work.
But this one has no proof but personal experience, and we all know that this is not a good evidence
If we disagree, that much, at least, we have in common
Love and Friendship and all that cool, smooth jazz are neutral forces, neither inherently good or bad. The person, on the other hand, hoo boy.
It's transformative, that's for sure, and the resulting transmutation comes from where the other person is and their mental attitude and such.
Overall, good times. And yes, I think it does and can work
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Yes.
It has saved people from committing suicide on many an occasion.
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GAHHHHHHHH, this thread... T____T
I'm sorry, I don't have anything to contribute, but this thread is so pertinent to me...! 
While neither love nor friendship will give you superpowers, it's still a great motivator to get things done. If you see fictional portrayals to be highly dramatized depictions of said motivation, I'd say it works exactly like fiction implies.
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Somewhat on-topic:
Having a hard time embing the video so here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jyafQe_2Do&ob=av2e
edited 9th Oct '11 9:07:24 AM by tclittle
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
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if you are pretty and i like you, then yes, it will work.
but only because i am lying to myself and think you are interested in being more than friends. why else would someone who doesnt like me suddenly be nice?
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Yes, on small scale.
On large scale? No. If it did, there wouldn't be poverty, starvation and general unhappiness.
Speaking in terms of biology and social sciences, absolutely. (Cracked has an article on Things average humans can do better than experts when they put their mind to it.) We're biologically driven (mostly, anyway) to work better when we receive both verbal and nonverbal feedback with other people. It's also healthier (again, usually) for us to be loved and befriended, and when it works well, good things happen.
The problem is that it's very easy for this to be exploited and that failure to live up to one's expectations, fantasies or desires is the root cause of misery. The Power of Love and the Power of Friendship really do work, but like most bountiful sources of power, it can be destructive if mishandled.
Could be negative feedback
The Power of Love/Friendship is nothing compared to the Power of Fear.
edited 10th Oct '11 10:14:33 AM by Vanitas
That depends on the type of love, the type of fear, and how intertwined the two are.
And yes, negative feedback is still feedback and we humans tend to crave it even as we hate it.
Suffering is only for the greater good that is love. Even those warmen love power, like the perverts love lust.
Without love, you soon run out of power, and your mental meltdown begins, chipping at your sanity until you do something stupid that almost or kills you.
Failing that, youll become an empty shell that doesn't have any drive to do anything.
We are human and we need love, no matter how much you deny it.
It doesn't matter how well you polish the underside of the banister- Randy Pausch