True love is a 1-in-285,000 chance

[Loki]

True love is a 1-in-285,000 chance (http://www.metro.co.uk/news/808759-true-love-is-a-1-in-285-000-chance)

Mathematics whizz Peter Backus believes he has found the exact probability of finding the ideal mate.

Mr Backus, 31, a PhD student and singleton, used a version of the Drake Equation – devised to estimate the number of alien civilisations – to calculate that a man’s chances of finding the perfect partner were 1 in 285,000.

‘There are 26 women in London with whom I might have a wonderful relationship,’ he said.

‘So, on a given night out, there is an 0.0000034 per cent chance of meeting one of these special people.'

It’s not great,’ he sighed.

[Grumpy Cat]

I'm still looking for "the one". Not much luck.

[Arne]

I found one :D..
But she´s occupied and not in my near.
Not much luck as..the person above. :(
I miss her.
She´s not really this or that.
It Appeared that there was something more in between of us.
Seems like it was from another Life before.

[Osweo]

If the number of female members here = x,
then my chances seem to have been 1/x...

If the number of males here = y
then my beloved has found a 1/y.

I am quite confident that she has therefore done best in this situation, given that y > x...
I bet even that y > 3x. :p
Well done, mi Cielo! :clap: :P

[Loki]

^ Love is a mathematical equation.

[Grumpy Cat]

^ Love is a mathematical equation.

And I am horrible at math.

[Jägerstaffel]

Make a few (or very many) mistakes before you get it right.
That's how it works, right?

[Grumpy Cat]

Make a few (or very many) mistakes before you get it right.
That's how it works, right?

Oh I have made several mistakes.... in the form of dating total psychos.

[Groenewolf]

^ Love is a mathematical equation.

That is not true. Math does not involve the same feelings as love. And that is for the better.

[Brännvin]

There is no true love, then, if exist it is very rare. What there's is just sexual selection, physical attraction and breeding...

[Anthropos]

There is no true love, then, if exist it is very rare. What there's is just sexual selection, physical attraction and breeding...
Erm... and you just accused me of 'extreme individualism'...

But with the modern meaning of love, there really is no such thing as 'true love', because modernity mistook the passing phenomenon sometimes referred to as 'falling in love' with love itself. Love is of God, but this modern love is nothing but a lie.

[Aemma]

Hehehe...such romantics!! :D

[Klärchen]

True love is a 1-in-285,000 chance (http://www.metro.co.uk/news/808759-true-love-is-a-1-in-285-000-chance)

Mathematics whizz Peter Backus believes he has found the exact probability of finding the ideal mate.

Mr Backus, 31, a PhD student and singleton, used a version of the Drake Equation – devised to estimate the number of alien civilisations – to calculate that a man’s chances of finding the perfect partner were 1 in 285,000.

‘There are 26 women in London with whom I might have a wonderful relationship,’ he said.

‘So, on a given night out, there is an 0.0000034 per cent chance of meeting one of these special people.'

It’s not great,’ he sighed.

Loki, when you win the jackpot – will you still care about stats? :p


^ Love is a mathematical equation.

Still worse... (http://www.loslachen.ch/wp-content/myfotos/frauen_2/lustige_frauen_2_auf_loslachen.ch_007.jpg) :D

[Svanhild]

The tragedy of mathematicians and other brainiacs: They study too much and forget to live. Instead of calculating how's the probability to meet the perfect partner he should just check the next cafe and open his eyes, using some social skills.:wink

[Baron Samedi]

Hehehe...such romantics!! :D

Yeah, this thread makes me really sad.

[Ulf]

This sounds like a bunch of nerds trying to justify why they didn't get dates to the prom.

[Tabiti]

And what's love? People always accept love as one shown in popular culture, that's the biggest problem.

[nisse]

The tragedy of mathematicians and other brainiacs: They study too much and forget to live. Instead of calculating how's the probability to meet the perfect partner he should just check the next cafe and open his eyes, using some social skills.:wink
LOL...the tragedy of methmaticians and brainiacs is that they are mathematicians and brainiacs. The pool of their intellectual about-equals (i.e. potential "loves") is significantly reduced as compared to your average joe...Even if they had the social skills to walk into the next cafe, they would just walk out disappointed in what humanity has to offer.

[December]

LOL...the tragedy of methmaticians and brainiacs is that they are mathematicians and brainiacs. The pool of their intellectual about-equals (i.e. potential "loves") is significantly reduced as compared to your average joe...Even if they had the social skills to walk into the next cafe, they would just walk out disappointed in what humanity has to offer.

:O Squiggie, did you type this?!

[Loki]

Even if they had the social skills to walk into the next cafe, they would just walk out disappointed in what humanity has to offer.

Sadly, 'tis true.

[Lenny]

Another team of some of our Earth's top mathematicians came up with this a few year's back, reproduced here for the benefit of the Apricity-masses:

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/990/girlevil.gif

[SwordoftheVistula]

Hmm maybe the two who both thought to post the same equation are a match :P

[Phil75231]

1 in 285,000?

That might be true in the sense of randomly drawing a person's name off the government's revenue database, but humans don't associate randomly with each other - even in small towns. Did he take into account special interest social clubs (birdwatching, astronomy, gardening, stamp collecting)? What about your house of worship (if any) or place of employment? What about how often and to where they travel to? These things certainly skew the odds for or against meeting any one person - not to speak of potential lovers.

In that case, given I spend 99% of my life within 500 miles of my place of birth, there's about a 1 in 10 million chance I'll see my mother again :D.

[Eldritch]

Instead of calculating how's the probability to meet the perfect partner he should just check the next cafe and open his eyes, using some social skills.:wink

But what about us poor folks who don't have any? :(

[nisse]

But what about us poor folks who don't have any? :(
We should just come to terms with dying alone and write a formula about it :D :coffee:

[Svanhild]

But what about us poor folks who don't have any? :(
Everybody has social skills but some are too shy to show them. A number of people become more open after drinking some drops of alcohol. :wink Introverted characters must overcome their mental blockade: If you don't socialise with others it's hard for them to learn more about you and to form a friendship.

[Óttar]

Everybody has social skills but some are too shy to show them. A number of people become more open after drinking some drops of alcohol. :wink Introverted characters must overcome their mental blockade: If you don't socialise with others it's hard for them to learn more about you and to form a friendship.
Yeah, but most people just blibbity-blab about Grey's anatomy and other bland elements in pop-culture. I don't understand most people's humour either, and so I don't waste my time laughing at things which I don't think are funny. Not to mention the many times I've had a conversation with a girl and then her stupid-ass frivolous friends interrupt us, at which point I usually walk away in the face of such disrespect.

Every once and a while I'll get lucky, once I get them alone at a bookstore or coffee shop (POW!) the serpent strikes. :cool:

[Svanhild]

Yeah, but most people just blibbity-blab about Grey's anatomy and other bland elements in pop-culture. I don't understand most people's humour either, and so I don't waste my time laughing at things which I don't think are funny.
Not everyone consumes hospital soap operas. :wink I felt bugged by the Emergency Room hype at the end of the 90ies...or by Mr.Bean! :embarrassed We all know that humour is a question of taste but there's no need to become unsocial, shy or misanthropic over this. Try to change the topic and if it doesn't work check the next group of people. There's a cover for every jar, I assure you.

Not to mention the many times I've had a conversation with a girl and then her stupid-ass frivolous friends interrupt us, at which point I usually walk away in the face of such disrespect.
Superficiality is a problem of members of both genders today but there're true gems out there in the clusters of people. If you don't search for them you'll never find them. Try it, you can't lose anything! In the worst case you continue to stay alone but you'll be stay alone for sure if you do nothing and quarrel with your fate in your own four walls. And I'm sure you have friends. Right now.

[Óttar]

there's no need to become unsocial, shy or misanthropic over this. Try to change the topic and if it doesn't work check the next group of people. There's a cover for every jar, I assure you.
It's not that I don't want to click, it's that usually I find dealing with people typically to be a completely and utterly exhausting experience. The mental and physical energy required is most times, simply not worth expending, I only have so much of it.

Not to mention most women are surrounded by a pack of rival males. Females are almost always accompanied by chaperones, one would think we were still living in Medieval Arabia. :cool:

[Aemma]

It's not that I don't want to click, it's that usually I find dealing with people typically to be a completely and utterly exhausting experience. The mental and physical energy required is most times, simply not worth expending, I only have so much of it.

Not to mention most women are surrounded by a pack of rival males. Females are almost always accompanied by chaperones, one would think we were still living in Medieval Arabia. :cool:

Yes, but nothing truly worthwhile comes without effort, darling Ottar. :) But I do empathise. Dealing with people can be, well to be quite blunt about it, taxing.

But chin up! It'll all come together, you'll see. :)

[Phil75231]

Ottar,

I had a similar problem. It may be that you're drawn to crowds only semi-compatible for you at best (or maybe they ARE outright snobs for all I know, I have no clue).

Regardless of how decent they may or may not be, I'd try social interest clubs (astronomy, birdwatching, gardening...anything you're interested in). They may or may not have people your age there, but at least it'll give you some kind of hobby. You'll already be around a group who's "in the know" about your passion. It won't likely be a place to find love, but it'll at least give you an easy topic of conversation for you to practice your social skills. You could also establish social connections with someone who does know someone who's 'in the market'.

In the end, it's positively amazing how so many things have to be 'just right' for even ordinary people to have a social life. Yet, somehow, a large number of people manage it. Creation (whether by nature or by God) is truly an amazing thing!

[Sabinae]

:) I'm just going to tell you that love has the strangest ways... You think you have it, but as you move on you realize you might have not got it. I still wonder what love is... I've been deceived cruelly before. I dont believe it is a question of maths, because it might come from someone that has nothing to do with your country.

But if it is the feeling that makes me cry for the past nights... Then I HATE IT AND I DONT WANT IT!... I feel so helpless....

[SwordoftheVistula]

you can't lose anything!

Nothing aside from time, money, and self-respect that is

[Guapo]

Make a few (or very many) mistakes before you get it right.
That's how it works, right?

Oh yea, you can even stumble upon your true love if you're already married too.