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The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos · 2026-02-23 · 41 min · 7,231 words

Why Algorithms Can’t Predict Your Love Life with Dr. Paul Eastwick

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Pushkin. As William Shakespeare once said, the course of true love never did run smooth, and one of the unsmoothest parts of love is the initial attraction phase. You see somebody across the way who looks kinda cute, but will that person like you back? Will they think you're hot enough, smart enough, successful enough?

Sometimes the answer is yes. Cue all the hearts and fireworks. But at least some of the time the answer is no. The person that you're into isn't that into you. Relationships and attraction especially

There can be a lot of rejection. It can be pretty demoralizing. And to some extent you can't skip that part, but I think it really matters why was I rejected in this instance. This is Dr. Paul Eastwick, an expert on the psychology of human mating.

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