Wednesday, July 2, 2003

Opposites Don't Attract, Apparently

Latest research suggests opposites don't attract.  Here are
some studies which provide some clues to the mysteries of
love and marriage.

1. "Opposites do not attract in mating game"
   <http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993887>
   "Opposites Attract? Not Really, Says Study:
    People Describe Mates With Same Values As Themselves"
   <http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/2303390/detail.html>

2. "Every Unhappy Family Has Its Own Bilinear Influence Function:
    Researchers propose a mathematical model of marriage"
   <http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i33/33a01401.htm>

3. "Scientists discover formula for love"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_766016.html>

4. "Women 'like men to lie'"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_774904.html>

5. "Men choose beauty before age"
   <http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns9999940>

6. "Kind and considerate"
   (Women are attracted to altruistic men, but not vice versa)
   <http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns9999893>