Well let’s not get too hasty. Earlier this week, I posted the Nanaya white paper to ArXiv: “Should I Dump My Girlfriend? Will I Find Another?” Or: An Algorithm for the Forecasting of Romantic Options. The title is a bit melodramatic but it’s a reference to Peter Backus’s “Why I Don’t Have a Girlfriend.” ApologiesContinue Reading
Tag: psychology
Chaotic Love: What math can tell us about how relationships evolve
I’m very proud to say that Nanaya solves a problem that hasn’t been solved before: determining the value in time of relationships and the option of possible relationships. The Nanaya algorithm has to be pretty complicated to do all of that – a machine of gears, pulleys, and switches that work together to provide a result.Continue Reading
The Catch-22 of Finding a Match
It shouldn’t be a big surprise but the best chances of finding a romantic match are after a big life change, such as a move, going to college, or a new job. In fact it takes on a shape that looks a bit like this: Being in a new environment means exposure to new people.Continue Reading
Can Love Be Quantified?
No. At least I haven’t found a way. If you have, please contact me! So we can’t quantify it but can we forecast it? I can write about love as an irrational and unpredictable force in our daily lives but that doesn’t do it justice. Love is a lot more than just that. Naively, we canContinue Reading
Self-awareness and Relationships
http://vimeo.com/59037145 I ❤ I ❤ Huckabees and this is one of my favorite gags in the film – but there’s an interesting point here as Jude Law’s character takes a major turn. If you want to ask how you are not being yourself, you only need to think about self-awareness. But self-awareness isn’t just importantContinue Reading