Lots of lonely people with above average math skills have been “gaming” the online dating system as of late. The first one I saw was the story of the kid that created his own algorithm to further refine the results of OK Cupid’s dubious algorithm. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that poor kid is headed towards a world of hurt.<\/p>\n
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The Mystery Math Explained, Part 1<\/strong><\/p>\nThe mystery math that defnes us from credit reports to match compatibility fascinates me. It fascinates me the same way a moth keeps fying into a light bulb. To help make sense of online dating math I recruited a whole cast of imaginary math wizards. These math-ies are locked away in a subterranean lab where I send them on missions in order to explain the unexplainable.<\/p>\n
OK Cupid, like the majority of dating websites, uses highly sophisticated algorithms in order to help narrow down your choices and fnd your ideal partner. Why we’ve reached a state in our evolution where a black box algorithm is considered more accurate than our own instinct we’ll be left up to our future Artifcial Intelligent\u00a0robotic overlords to ponder.<\/p>\n
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The percentages, that are prominently displayed above every profle, are based on the answers to online\u00a0quizzes and complex mathematically theorem called Planck’s Nonsense.<\/p>\n
Planck’s Nonsense is best expressed as series of gurgles and slurps caused by feeding a baby a mixture\u00a0of mushed peas and pureed beets. Those gurgles and slurps can then be translated into a string of one’s and zero’s and two’s and four’s and do you have any seven’s? No? Go fsh.<\/p>\n
Put simply, if you like the music of the band Cake and a potential suitor also likes said music your match percentage is higher than a suitor that does not like that music but loves the food product called cake. If you like cake, the band and the food, and a suitor prefers vegan cookies and LadyGaga then the math increases your enemy percentage.<\/p>\n
Make sense? All of it is nonsense. If your potential suitor is attractive enough who cares about their taste in food or music?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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