The mathematics of finding love

[PlutonianEmpire]

I wonder what might be the formula for finding love, and finding true love?

I know one variable is how often you think about it, and that according to lore, you find true love when you least expect it, so the less you think or fantasize about finding true love, the more likely it could happen.

Another variable I can think of is how often you engage in activities seeking out love, like dating services and such.

And that's all I can think of.

What do you guys think?

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Quantifying human behavior? If it was that easy, economics would be an exact science.

 

[Adria]

First thing I thought of on seeing the thread title:

math love song

 

[Thoughtful Thug]

I know one variable is how often you think about it, and that according to lore, you find true love when you least expect it, so the less you think or fantasize about finding true love, the more likely it could happen.

Is that somewhat akin to saying that the less you pray about finding someone who will love you, the less chances are that you will not find that person?

Kinda like reverse magical thinking.

 

[Perfection]

Go outside.

 

[Thoughtful Thug]

Go outside.

What about the possibility of achieving your goal by saying inside - internet perhaps?

 

[Birdjaguar]

You don't find love; it finds you. Make yourself available.

 

[bathsheba666]

Already been done:

Love minus zero, divided by no limit.

 

[Loki130]

there must be some animal studies on mating success. tweak them a little, they'll work fine

 

[amadeus]

Quantifying human behavior? If it was that easy, economics would be an exact science.

Everything can be quantified, the only question is to whether the measure is a good one.

 

[Catharsis]

Everything can be quantified, the only question is to whether the measure is a good one.

And can we quantify that, too?

 

[Zack]

To find love you have to make love.

That didn't come out right.

 

[Flying Pig]

I read a theory of this once; it went something like this:

Let's assume you will meet ten women that you would like to marrt. You can get odds of 20% that you will marry the best one for you if you go out for a date with one woman, and then marry the next woman whom you find better than her. The best way to do it (ending up with odds of about 33%) is to date three, and then marry the first one whom you like more than all of them, however you will end up single if either of them (a 30% chance) are the best one

 

[warpus]

x = y^2 + 7

where x and y are stuff

 

[Mise]

I thought it was x = y/2 + 7 ?

 

[Loki130]

I thought it was x = y/2 + 7 ?

no, that's the gay version

love is caused by the release of certain hormones, so there must be certain quantifiable criteria for the release of these hormones, though it will of course vary widely

 

[Catharsis]

Guys the true love formula is x + 50, where x = Perfection

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

To find love you have to make love.

That didn't come out right.

You can't make love until you find love. Back to square one.

 

[Ayatollah So]

Go outside.

Make yourself available.

Seconded (thirded, whatever).

 

[Earthling]

Guys the true love formula is x + 50, where x = Perfection

Very nice, that probably wins the thread.

But anyway, for some reason I recalled the utter surreal/sillyness of this thread right here...miss seeing aneeshm around:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=244530