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[工作] The mathematical formula for love [复制链接]

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发表于 2009-8-25 14:06:04 |只看该作者 |正序浏览 微信分享
If you want to find your one and only, you'll need to date the flirty dozen first.

Mathematician Clio Cresswell says that singles can increase theirchances of finding true love by rejecting at least 12 potentialpartners before settling down.

If more people followed Dr Cresswell's theory - based on statistical outcomes - the divorce rate would plummet.

"In Australia, the divorce rate is about 35 per cent for first marriages," she said.

"Now, if you were buying a DVD player and I told you it had a 35per cent chance of breaking down, you might think twice about makingthat purchase.

"But we still insist on going into marriage with this belief thatour partner is the one for us and we have a 100 per cent chance ofsuccess."

Yet single people who have had at least 12 romantic attachments -and they don't have to involve sex - considerably improve their odds offinding Mr or Ms Right.

"According to my principle, you have to reject at least 12 peopleto increase your chance of finding your long-term partner. If you dothat, you raise the chance of making it work to 75 per cent."

Having written about her theory in her book, Sex and Mathematics,the University of Sydney senior lecturer in the School of Mathematicsand Statistics incorporated it into her tertiary classes.

"I think it's so sad that the wider community does not embrace mathematics as much as it could," she said.

"Mathematics can be fun."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/2785250/The-mathematical-formula-for-love/
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