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Well... it depends on what you point at.
Love, as I view it is not something that can be easily defined. To me it's a way of being into this world. This video describes it.
As for emotions... why would anyone dislike the joy of figuring things out? the post flow feeling of accomplishment? They are wired into our positive reinforcement system and as long as the thing they are reinforcing is a thing worth investing in, why not let nature run its course?
That just means that you don't have a well defined concept of the term you are speaking about. I would guess the same is true for most Lesswrongers for most emotions.
But as far as your link goes, I would predict that most people on LW won't be receptive to that kind of talk. I would be very surprised to be proven wrong.
If you want a fancy answer: Second-order cybernetics.
A simple answer would be because you can't feel a strong emotion while wearing a mask. It requires you to give up control and get out of your head. I mean something specific with the phrase "get out of your head", but I would guess that a good portion of LW don't know exactly what I'm talking about and I know of no way to make it clear via this medium.
I could probably come up with a bunch of more reasons if I would invest time.
Good point. It made me realise that I haven't investigated this more seriously lately.