Why We're Really Just Attracted To Ourselves

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If you’ve ever heard anyone say “they look so cute together” and writtenit off as some magical fate-like bullsh*t that only romantic-comedy-loving girls wouldsay, a new dating site called Find Your FaceMate might prove you wrong.That’s because they match people who they believe look good together.Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it doesn’t get any more superficial than this. Whilesites like eHarmony use a 100-point check system to match couples based on legitimatecommonalities, Find Your FaceMate makes matches based on people with similar looks.As wacky as this idea sounds, there’s actually research from the Universityof Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to support that we are attracted to people who look likeus. In 2010, psychologist R. Chris Fraley had subjects evaluate a stranger’sattractiveness in random photos. When the photos were digitally morphed to partially meshthe subject’s face with the stranger’s face, the subjects noted higher levelsof attraction.So this is what modern-day dating has come to: letting thecomputer software of a dating website evaluate your face and pair you with someone wholooks like you.Maybe somewhere along the way we’ve failed to sociallycondition men and women to feel comfortable communicating. If this is what we’reresorting to in order to find love, it’s no wonder half of us are getting divorced. Continue Reading

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