the math of attraction

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(MYFOX NATIONAL) - A man studying in London has taken a mathematical equation that predicts the possibility of alien life in the universe to explain why he can't find a girlfriend.

Umm... bad math, that's the answer.
Maybe he should try tequila shots instead.

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Peter Backus , a native of Seattle and PhD candidate and Teaching Fellow in the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick, near London, in his paper, " Why I don't have a girlfriend: An application of the Drake Equation to love in the UK ," used math to estimate the number of potential girlfriends in the UK.

Hunting for a serious relationship in the UK...
Perhaps this bears reading.

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His equation looked at the total number of women in the country, then narrowed it down using relevant factors including the number of women in London; the number of "age-appropriate" women (those aged between 24-34); women with a college degree; and those who Backus would find physically attractive.

Relevant factors? Cash and car are suspiciously absent. A flaw in the formula exposes itself.

[Nataly 38]

He seems to have failed entirely in his calculations.. The real answer as to why he can't get a girlfriend is really very simple: he's spending all his time doing pointless maths!!

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[lawrocket 3]

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He seems to have failed entirely in his calculations.. The real answer as to why he can't get a girlfriend is really very simple: he's spending all his time doing pointless maths!!

Pointless? I beg to differ!!! I think that he may, in fact, be on to something here. We have this intense curiosity to find answers on things. I can look at myself and reverse engineer the factors that lead me to love:

Okay. Narrowing my possibilities to the US, there are roughly 310 million people. Between the 1ges of 15-64 there areabout 100 million women. This means that my preferred age group (40) probably has about 1 million.

So, from the base pool of 100 million, I look for the following:
Unmarried: I figure roughly 60% of women in this group are married. I'm down to a pool of 400k now.
Middle-upper middle class: roughly 25% of population. (100k to choose from)
Hetero: (95k now)
Doctoral level education (2 percent) - I'm at about 1900 women in the entire US that I'd dig.
Smokin' Hot - 10 percent (I'm down to 190 now)
Skydives - I think I'm down to one person in the whole country.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

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He seems to have failed entirely in his calculations.. The real answer as to why he can't get a girlfriend is really very simple: he's spending all his time doing pointless maths!!

The problem is that he's using the wrong math.
The variables are looks, sanity, and personality.
Assign a value to each from 1-10. Add them.
Whoever he dates, the sum is the same.

He has two problems. His priorities are goofy.
Second, mathematicians think 2+2 always equals four
because they made it a rule. His problem is that he
thinks there are concrete rules. Nope.

[Southern_Man 0]

I thought this thread was going to have something to do w/ calculating a snowball's chance in hell, since that's what that nice lady at the DZ told me I had

"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"

[JohnMitchell 16]

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I thought this thread was going to have something to do w/ calculating a snowball's chance in hell, since that's what that nice lady at the DZ told me I had

Not so fast. Did she "even if you were the last man on Earth!" or "unless you were the last man of Earth,"?
There's a big difference there.

[popsjumper 2]

Let's hope "even if". If it was "unless", all the rest of us need to be looking over our shoulder for a while.





*psst...you don't reckon he has guns do you?*

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
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He seems to have failed entirely in his calculations.. The real answer as to why he can't get a girlfriend is really very simple: he's spending all his time doing pointless maths!!

Pointless? I beg to differ!!! I think that he may, in fact, be on to something here. We have this intense curiosity to find answers on things. I can look at myself and reverse engineer the factors that lead me to love:

Okay. Narrowing my possibilities to the US, there are roughly 310 million people. Between the 1ges of 15-64 there areabout 100 million women. This means that my preferred age group (40) probably has about 1 million.

So, from the base pool of 100 million, I look for the following:
Unmarried: I figure roughly 60% of women in this group are married. I'm down to a pool of 400k now.
Middle-upper middle class: roughly 25% of population. (100k to choose from)
Hetero: (95k now)
Doctoral level education (2 percent) - I'm at about 1900 women in the entire US that I'd dig.
Smokin' Hot - 10 percent (I'm down to 190 now)
Skydives - I think I'm down to one person in the whole country.

Since I know several hot unmarried female hetero skydivers with doctorates, I suspect you made a mistake somewhere.

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He seems to have failed entirely in his calculations.. The real answer as to why he can't get a girlfriend is really very simple: he's spending all his time doing pointless maths!!

Pointless? I beg to differ!!! I think that he may, in fact, be on to something here. We have this intense curiosity to find answers on things. I can look at myself and reverse engineer the factors that lead me to love:

Okay. Narrowing my possibilities to the US, there are roughly 310 million people. Between the 1ges of 15-64 there areabout 100 million women. This means that my preferred age group (40) probably has about 1 million.

So, from the base pool of 100 million, I look for the following:
Unmarried: I figure roughly 60% of women in this group are married. I'm down to a pool of 400k now.
Middle-upper middle class: roughly 25% of population. (100k to choose from)
Hetero: (95k now)
Doctoral level education (2 percent) - I'm at about 1900 women in the entire US that I'd dig.
Smokin' Hot - 10 percent (I'm down to 190 now)
Skydives - I think I'm down to one person in the whole country.

and I'm a dude.....

Life is all about ass....either you're kicking it, kissing it, working it off, or trying to get a piece of it.
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[Zep 0]

Since I know several hot unmarried female hetero skydivers with doctorates, I suspect you made a mistake somewhere.


Erm, didn't he rule out geriatrics

Gone fishing

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Pointless? I beg to differ!!! I think that he may, in fact, be on to something here. We have this intense curiosity to find answers on things. I can look at myself and reverse engineer the factors that lead me to love:

Okay. Narrowing my possibilities to the US, there are roughly 310 million people. Between the 1ges of 15-64 there areabout 100 million women. This means that my preferred age group (40) probably has about 1 million.

So, from the base pool of 100 million, I look for the following:
Unmarried: I figure roughly 60% of women in this group are married. I'm down to a pool of 400k now.
Middle-upper middle class: roughly 25% of population. (100k to choose from)
Hetero: (95k now)
Doctoral level education (2 percent) - I'm at about 1900 women in the entire US that I'd dig.
Smokin' Hot - 10 percent (I'm down to 190 now)
Skydives - I think I'm down to one person in the whole country.

yes I'm sorry but I have to agree with you.
(here is where the ladies stomp their feet and insist i'm wrong)
Look I keep saying it and women call BS on it, but it's much easier for a decent looking girl (under size 12, two arms, two lets and some teeth) in a mini skirt and high heel shoes to get a guy then it is for a guy...in this case a guy with a Phd working at a prestigious job in a great city can't even get hit on.
Hell Nat, look at the link and tell me if he came over to you and asked your name and if you were buys tonight you would at least say maybe.
But nope, the poor guy due to his studies is tired to the bone and thus lacks the energy and perhaps the required guts to walk over and say hi to Nat.
Now why is that? Why can't some one like Nat walk over to him?
Simple the system is FUBAR! All of the risks lie in the lap of the men and next to nothing at the hands of women. Just look at the link about women being as horny as men. It's funny because it's true.
FYI, don't think about it too much because ignorance is bliss. And thinking about this could cause one to become very very very jaded and upset.

Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay.

The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

[SkyBastard 0]

when you've been single for as long as i have you start to notice that there's actually some damn fine looking ungulates out there.

and it works out good whether you're an ass or teats fan.

Dude #320
"Superstitious" is just a polite way of saying "incredibly fucking stupid".
DONK!

[lawrocket 3]

How many are 40 years old? (Not 30-39 or 41-60)
And how many would be into me?

There is one.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[FreeFlyer2100 0]

The only math he should be doing is adding the beds together, subtracting the clothes, dividing the legs and then multiply. Any more complex than that and you are going on the internet wondering what went wrong.

[ryoder 1,590]

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How many are 40 years old? (Not 30-39 or 41-60)

Poor thing;
Sounds like she's getting dumped on her next birthday.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.