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Last sentence of the abstract: > These results suggest that compatibility elements of human mating are challenging to predict before two people meet.
by NegativeLatency 9y ago
Last sentence of the abstract:
> These results suggest that compatibility elements of human mating are challenging to predict before two people meet.
- kolbe 9y agoThat's a pretty generous definition of "suggest." Could be that they aren't studying the right metrics before meeting.
- danblick 9y agoExactly. It's possible there are other features that would have more predictive power, they just haven't figured out how to quantify them. The title of the paper could be, "We're still not very good at describing what makes people attractive."