Dating Miracles Can Happen | Acculturated: "A few years ago a 31 year old University of Warwick tutor named Peter Backus had all but given up hope on ever finding a girlfriend and published an essay on the topic that received worldwide attention. This is because Peter used a scientific equation to predict the chance he would ever meet a girl that was a good fit for him.
His variables were this: population size, fraction that were women, fraction who lived in London, fraction who were age appropriate (24-34), fraction who were university educated and attractive, and length of time he was alive to make a meeting possible. Using this simple equation (which did not include many other things like does she find him attractive) he deduced that on a given night out in London there was a 1 in 285,000 chance of him meeting someone who met his criteria. Gulp. But here is the good news. Two years after publishing this essay Peter did meet someone and a story come out last week that they were now set to marry."
'via Blog this'
I like the first comment:
"Try a church. It’s the way it used to be done only two centuries ago."
Two centuries ago. Is that when people stopped going to church?
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