> We see new faces all the time, but when the person becomes "ready" and crosses the transition point, the particular new face seen at this particular moment be

> We see new faces all the time, but when the person becomes "ready" and crosses the transition point, the particular new face seen at this particular moment becomes the object of spontaneous symmetry breaking, which means that this effect is essentially random. The person could have seen somebody else (not completely disgusting) at this moment and would fallen in love in that other person. The first time I ever want to call a physics paper "adorable." :-)