At the risk of stepping into a minefield, I would suggest that this article implies that racial differences are "simple" (such as primarily about appearance (an

At the risk of stepping into a minefield, I would suggest that this article implies that racial differences are "simple" (such as primarily about appearance (and color of skin)). In reality, racial or social/cultural differences involve many attributes which group together. For example, some racial groups may be much more family oriented, rarely gathering or moving about without multiple family members. One might be open to the idea of dating someone from a very different background (or "race" (skin color)), but that person may also still be selecting for potential partners who they think will live a similar life. No matter what supposed race, the environment and background one grows up in tends to shape behavior and mentality. And beyond initial outward appearance, these behaviors may be obvious and visible. And when such a behavior is very different from your own, you may choose to pass on that person based on what you believe will be behavioral differences. So you may be open to dating someone of that "race", but you may want someone who is still more similar in lifestyle and thinking. These are interesting things to think about, but it's all just a distraction from the bigger issue. The bigger issue is that dating sites, or any type of intentional dating search, is probably a wrong approach to finding a partner or mate. In normal life, especially before the internet, people would go places somewhat regularly - the same grocery store, a particular church, an office, or some recurring social activity. In the normal course of their routine, they would see some of the same people frequently. And perhaps they would have a conversation with some of them; and some subset would be fascinating or attractive. Maybe they would find friends, and maybe some of those friends would become closer and additional feelings would develop. But with intentional dating, especially with sites like OkCupid (which initially was much better than it is today), you might be tempted to believe you had found the perfect match! The other person was attractive, and they had answered so many questions with almost identical answers to you that they _must_ be the perfect person for you. That sets up an incredibly high expectation. In reality, there is more that matters... and some of what matters is not visible for some time. Instead of a cautious courting process (aka old school going out, the step before "dating"), two people think they are a good match and want to race toward the goal. Unfortunately, it is possible to both be so fixated on the apparent perfection of the match that much time passes before there is a realization that neither truly knows or understands the other. Maybe AI can help here :P. I joke, but at this point I think it might be as or more effective than current online dating in terms of finding a good partner for a given goal. And still, it would be worse than the organic process that existed for 99.999% of human existence.