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I thought this forum is the perfect place to post this:
Math Geek Comes Up With Equation to Explain His Lack of a Girlfriend
http://www.asylum.com/2010/01/11/pe...-that-you-shouldnt-feel-bad-if-you-dont-have/
Math Geek Comes Up With Equation to Explain His Lack of a Girlfriend
Asylum.com said:Backus reimagined [Drake] equation by inserting U.K. population figures along with the general parameters for his potential girlfriend: a woman between the age of 24 and 34, with a university degree, whom he finds attractive. Simple enough. But there are complications. First, the woman in question must find him attractive (a 1-in-20 chance, he estimated). Second, she must herself be single (50-50). Lastly, he must get along with her (1-in-10).
The result of the equation? Of the roughly 30 million women in the U.K., only 26 are potential mates for Backus. In his conclusion to the paper, Backus expresses this more depressingly: "On a given night in London, there is a 0.0000034 percent chance of meeting one of these special people."
http://www.asylum.com/2010/01/11/pe...-that-you-shouldnt-feel-bad-if-you-dont-have/
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