Scientific Matchmaking
Psychology In Seattle Podcast
Kirk Honda
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2020
⏱️ 98 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey deserving listeners, I want you to think back to the last person that you had a crush on, or you were |
| 0:07.4 | romantically attracted to them. What was it about them that made you attracted to them? Was it how they looked? Was it how they talked? |
| 0:16.9 | Was it how they walked? Was it how they laughed? Was it how they twirled their hair or took out their wallet and paid for something? |
| 0:25.9 | What was it? |
| 0:26.9 | Would it be obvious to the rest of us is why you were attracted to them? |
| 0:31.2 | Or would it take some explaining from you? More precisely, what are the qualities in a |
| 0:37.4 | human that attract you to those other humans? You know, what are the qualities that make you want to walk across that room and |
| 0:45.0 | introduce yourself that make you want to swipe right or left or whatever people do |
| 0:49.8 | these days. Okay so now that you have that person in mind or those qualities in mind, you know, |
| 0:56.0 | think about those top things that attract you. Think back also to your most recent long-term relationship or the relationship that you're in right now. |
| 1:07.0 | Why are you with that person? What is it about that person that makes you want to stay with that person? |
| 1:14.0 | If you're in a good relationship, what scientifically makes you a good match between the two of you? |
| 1:20.0 | Can you quantify those qualities? Is it the physical attraction? Is it the communication? Is it things that you share in common? |
| 1:28.0 | If you're anything like me, these are really tough questions to answer. |
| 1:32.0 | I mean, I could answer them at length if you ask me why I'm with my wife I could talk for |
| 1:37.6 | five months about why I'm with her |
| 1:40.4 | But I'm not sure if it would be very scientific, you know, I'd say things like, well, you know, we're in love and or something like, you know, I just know that my wife is the one for me or things just feel good and that's fine you know we can have our explanations and that's our |
| 1:58.8 | that's our stories but what about people who are looking for their special someone and they haven't found that person yet? |
| 2:05.3 | Can science help them find that person? |
| 2:08.2 | If you're single out there and you're looking for someone, can science help you find that person? |
| 2:14.0 | It's certainly not a question that a lot of people ask themselves. |
| 2:17.7 | Surely psychology and other social sciences are interested in this question. |
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