- Jan 20, 2001
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While I was eating dinner tonight, I came up with a weird idea for a love/relationships algorithm for a futuristic world.... well not the algorithm itself, but the existence of one. I think of the weirdest, most random things when I have too much time to think.... 
Well what got me thinking about it has to do with how much heartache I've suffered in my life looking for a soulmate and how the only solace I have is the optimism that there's someone out there for everyone. I think a lot of people similarly suffer from this heartache.
I thought of a way that would make this unnecessary, an algorithm that would match people up with their probable soulmate(s) based on a worldwide database and tons of variable data. Of course that would entail people all over the world giving up private and honest personal data. Also it's flawed because many people would rather search and find out for themselves that special someone. Not only that, many people enjoy the whole dating aspect and/or find someone special relatively easily.
But then what if this database is restricted somehow so that all the data is voluntarily given by those who agree to some terms that they're sick and tired of waiting, i.e. those like me and I think that would be many people. I'm talking about those who are looking for something more fulfilling, like a soulmate or someone they really connect with. Consider how many people join those dating websites who are in my situation. That's a lot of data still.
One could argue that a database won't provide that. All the numbers in the world won't ensure that connection. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Well I considered that and I think it's possible. A connection is never ensured but I think such an algorithm would definitely increase the odds of a connection and thereby decrease the amount of suffering in the world due to that heartache, depending on how much of a worldwide scale the database is; how many personal data and compatibility variables are inputted; how complex the algorithm is and the amount of compatibility statistics it's based on. That's why I prefaced all this by specifying it's for a futuristic world.
Einstein was quoted as having said, "Gravity cannot be held responsible for people falling in love." I have that quote on a poster I've had since freshman year college and still hangs on my room door. I wonder if he's right or if my theory has any possiblity of realizing fruition in the future. *shrug*
DISCLAIMER: I don't actually think this way about love and relationships. I'm just in a pensive mood tonight and this post is all just a "what if" scenario.
DISCLAIMER #2: I haven't actually read Huxley's book Brave New World. I just know that book is about some scary futuristic world so that's why I chose that as my thread title. I realize it may be an inappropriate title otherwise.
Well what got me thinking about it has to do with how much heartache I've suffered in my life looking for a soulmate and how the only solace I have is the optimism that there's someone out there for everyone. I think a lot of people similarly suffer from this heartache.
I thought of a way that would make this unnecessary, an algorithm that would match people up with their probable soulmate(s) based on a worldwide database and tons of variable data. Of course that would entail people all over the world giving up private and honest personal data. Also it's flawed because many people would rather search and find out for themselves that special someone. Not only that, many people enjoy the whole dating aspect and/or find someone special relatively easily.
But then what if this database is restricted somehow so that all the data is voluntarily given by those who agree to some terms that they're sick and tired of waiting, i.e. those like me and I think that would be many people. I'm talking about those who are looking for something more fulfilling, like a soulmate or someone they really connect with. Consider how many people join those dating websites who are in my situation. That's a lot of data still.
One could argue that a database won't provide that. All the numbers in the world won't ensure that connection. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Well I considered that and I think it's possible. A connection is never ensured but I think such an algorithm would definitely increase the odds of a connection and thereby decrease the amount of suffering in the world due to that heartache, depending on how much of a worldwide scale the database is; how many personal data and compatibility variables are inputted; how complex the algorithm is and the amount of compatibility statistics it's based on. That's why I prefaced all this by specifying it's for a futuristic world.
Einstein was quoted as having said, "Gravity cannot be held responsible for people falling in love." I have that quote on a poster I've had since freshman year college and still hangs on my room door. I wonder if he's right or if my theory has any possiblity of realizing fruition in the future. *shrug*
DISCLAIMER: I don't actually think this way about love and relationships. I'm just in a pensive mood tonight and this post is all just a "what if" scenario.
DISCLAIMER #2: I haven't actually read Huxley's book Brave New World. I just know that book is about some scary futuristic world so that's why I chose that as my thread title. I realize it may be an inappropriate title otherwise.
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