http://www.dating-service.com/blog/854/the-science-of-matchmaking/ Advice and Tips for Online Dating Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:45:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.dating-service.com/blog/854/the-science-of-matchmaking/comment-page-1/#comment-15642 Dating Review Guy Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:00:26 +0000 http://www.dating-service.com/blog/?p=854#comment-15642 These days, people like things to be verified 'scientifically', as if science is the harbinger of truth. When applied to something as unscientific as relationships, it just seems bizarre to me, and reveals itself as a simple marketing tool. If you take a close look at the categories they use to scientifically match potential daters, they are vague and stereotyped. While the system may weed out people you'd really hate, everyone knows that opposites attract - we very often go for people who have something we lack. In other words, it doesn't really work. It just encourages people to sign up, i.e. pay up. Grrrr. These days, people like things to be verified ‘scientifically’, as if science is the harbinger of truth. When applied to something as unscientific as relationships, it just seems bizarre to me, and reveals itself as a simple marketing tool. If you take a close look at the categories they use to scientifically match potential daters, they are vague and stereotyped. While the system may weed out people you’d really hate, everyone knows that opposites attract – we very often go for people who have something we lack. In other words, it doesn’t really work. It just encourages people to sign up, i.e. pay up. Grrrr.

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