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Human love isn’t neatly ordered or easily predictable. But that doesn’t mean that mathematics hasn’t got something because, love, as with most of life, is full of patterns. Mathematics is, basically, all about the study of pattern, patterns from predicting the weather to the fluctuations(起伏) in the stock market, to the movement of the planets or the growth of cities. And if we’re being honest, none of those things are exactly neatly ordered and easily predictable, either.

So let us talk about how to pick a perfect partner using a hit of mathematics that is called Optimal Stopping Theory.

Imagine that you start dating when you’re 15 and ideally, you’d like to be married by the time that you’re 35. And there’s a number of people that you could potentially date across your lifetime, and they’ll be at varying levels of goodness. The math says then that what you should do in the first 37 percent of your dating window, you should just reject everybody as serious marriage potential. And then, you should pick the next person that is better than everybody that you’ve seen before. If you do this, it can be mathematically proven, in fact, that this is the best possible way of maximizing your chances of finding the perfect partner.

But unfortunately, I have to tell you that this method does come with some risks.

For instance, imagine if your perfect partner appeared during your first 37 percent. Now, unfortunately, you’d have to reject them. Now, if you’re following the maths, I’m afraid no one else will appear that’s better than anyone you’ve seen before, so you have to go on rejecting everyone and die alone.

Okay, another risk is, let’s imagine, instead, that the first people that you dated in your first 37 percent are just incredibly dull, boring, terrible people. Now, that’s okay, because you’re in your rejection phase. But then imagine, the next person to come along is just slightly less boring, dull and terrible than everybody that you’ve seen before. Now, if you are following the maths, I’m afraid you have to marry them and end up in a relationship which is, frankly, not most satisfying.

Okay, so this method doesn’t give you a 100 percent success rate, but there’s no other possible strategy that can do any better.

And actually, I also think that subconsciously, humans, we do sort of do this anyway. We give ourselves a little bit of time to play the field, get a feel for the marketplace or whatever when we’re young. And then we only start looking seriously at potential marriage candidates once we hit our mid-to-late 20s. I think this is convincing proof, if ever it were needed, that everybody’s brains are prewired(天生的)to be just a little bit mathematical. Therefore, it can be mathematically proven that this is the best way to find the perfect partner.

Title: The Mathematics of Love
Main Points	Supporting Details
The reason mathematics can help with human love	● Love is full of unpredictable patterns. ● Mathematics 1. patterns that are not neatly ordered.
The best 2. way to pick a perfect partner	Pick 3. of the first 37 percent, and then choose the next better person that comes along.
4. coming with the Optimal Stopping Theory	(1) Cause: Your perfect partner is rejected when he/she appears during the first 37. Result: You will die alone as you will reject anyone coming 5. . (2) Cause: The next person is slightly 6. than any of the first 37 percent, who you have rejected and who are just incredibly terrible. Result: Following the maths, you have to choose him/her,  7. in a partner not most satisfying.
8. the Optimal Stopping Theory is the best strategy	● Subconsciously, human play the field before seriously starting looking for a potential person for  9. . ● Human brains are naturally mathematical because we often 10. some time getting a feel for the marketplace before making serious decisions.