Hannah Fry: The mathematics of love
هانا فراي: رياضيات الحب
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about the mathematics of love.
are famously excellent at finding love.
في إيجاد الحب.
because of our dashing personalities,
and excellent pencil cases.
ومقلماتنا المتميزة.
an awful lot of work into the maths
في حل المسائل الرياضياتية المرتبطة
on the subject, which is entitled,
في هذا الصدد، بعنوان،
(Laughter) --
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his chances of finding love.
في إيجاد الحب.
is somebody who lives near him,
to find him attractive.
of 26 women in the whole of the UK.
في عموم المملكة المتحدة.
is it Peter?
than the best estimates
من أفضل التقديرات
extraterrestrial life forms there are.
الموجودة في الكون.
a 1 in 285,000 chance
of these special ladies
that's why mathematicians
going on nights out anymore.
يزعجون أنفسهم بالخروج.
to such a pessimistic view.
just as well as all of you do,
كما يعرف جميعكم،
and rational and easily predictable.
ولا منطقية يسهل التنبؤ بها.
that it can offer us
is full of patterns
يتعلق عموما بدراسة الأنماط
all about the study of patterns.
هي دراسة للأنماط.
to the fluctuations in the stock market,
إلى تقلبات سوق الأسهم،
or the growth of cities.
none of those things
ولا واحدة من تلك الأمور
and easily predictable, either.
ولا التنبؤ بها يعتبر سهلا.
is so powerful that it has the potential
تمنحها القدرة
at almost anything.
إلى أي شيء تقريبا.
and relevant mathematics is,
mathematically verifiable tips for love.
تتعلق بالحب.
website is OkCupid,
هو OkCupid،
by a group of mathematicians.
مجموعة من الرياضياتيين.
for almost a decade.
لحوالي عقد من الزمن.
to search for patterns
interact with each other
seriously interesting findings.
مثيرة للاهتمام بشكل جاد.
that on an online dating website,
does not dictate how popular you are,
think that you're ugly
section of OkCupid,
في OkCupid،
how attractive you think people are
the average score,
selection of people receive,
جانب من هؤلاء الناس،
on an online dating website.
في موقع مواعدة إلكتروني.
have come up with.
على موقع OkCupid.
is that it's not totally true
هو أنه ليس صحيحا بالكامل
the more messages you get.
of what is it about people up here
ما الذي يجعل الأشخاص في الأعلى هنا
than people down here,
same score of attractiveness?
تقييم مدى الجاذبية؟
straightforward looks that are important.
ليست هي المهمة لوحدها.
findings with an example.
Portia de Rossi, for example,
is a very beautiful woman.
سيدة جميلة.
but she's not a supermodel, either.
ولكنها كذلك ليست فائقة الجمال.
to someone like Sarah Jessica Parker,
بسارة جيسيكا باركر مثلا،
myself included, I should say,
is seriously fabulous
امرأة رائعة
most beautiful creatures
on the face of the Earth.
i.e., most of the Internet,
أي معظم الناس على الإنترنت،
a bit like a horse. (Laughter)
how attractive they thought
or Portia de Rossi were,
أو بورتيا دي روسي،
them a score between 1 and 5,
ما بين 1 و5،
to have roughly the same score.
would be very different.
ستكون مختلفة تماما.
all be clustered around the 4
that she's very beautiful,
completely divides opinion.
فإن الآراء تنقسم.
that makes you more popular
think that you're attractive,
think that you're a massive minger.
بأنك قبيح للغاية.
than everybody just thinking
من أن يعتقد الجميع
makes a bit more sense
who are sending these messages.
الأشخاص الذين يرسلون هذه الرسائل.
somebody's attractive,
won't necessarily be that interested.
مهتمين بالضرورة.
less competition for you
for you to get in touch.
to if you think somebody is attractive
is going to think they're attractive.
كذلك بأنه جذاب.
humiliating yourself, let's be honest?
interesting part comes.
that they use on an online dating website,
في مواقع المواعدة الإلكترونية،
will find unattractive.
بأنها غير جذابة.
who are, perhaps, a little bit overweight
ذوو الوزن الزائد
a very cropped photo,
where they're wearing hats.
of what you should do
whatever it is that makes you different,
أن تستغل ما يجعلك مختلفا،
will find it unattractive.
سيجدونه غير جذاب.
are just going to fancy you anyway,
ستعجبهم في جميع الأحوال،
well, they only play up to your advantage.
ستستغلهم في النهاية لصالحك.
How to pick the perfect partner.
كيف تختار الشريك المثالي.
that you're a roaring success
of how do you then convert that success
ذلك النجاح
and in particular,
when is the right time to settle down?
it's not advisable to just cash in
أن تتوقف
who comes along
want to leave it too long
أن تنتظر طويلا
chance of long-term happiness.
في سعادة طويلة الأمد.
Jane Austen, puts it,
جين أوستن،
inspire affection again."
أو إلهامها مجددا.
What do you know about love?
ما الذي تعرفينه عن الحب؟
is the right time to settle down
that you can date in your lifetime?
يمكنك مواعدتهم في حياتك؟
of mathematics that we can use
من الرياضيات يمكننا استخدامه
optimal stopping theory.
نظرية التوقف المثالي.
by the time that you're 35.
في ال35 من عمرك.
date across your lifetime,
levels of goodness.
you cash in and get married,
بمجرد أن تتوقف وتتزوج،
what you could have had,
أمكنك الحصول عليه،
and change your mind.
إلى الماضي، لتغيير رأيك.
much like being recalled
لا يحبذون أن يعاد الاتصال بهم
for somebody else, or that's just me.
قد ينطبق الأمر علي فقط.
that what you should do
of your dating window,
as serious marriage potential.
كزوج محتمل.
next person that comes along
الشخص الذي يأتي لاحقا
that you've seen before.
mathematically proven, in fact,
باستخدام الرياضيات، إثبات
of finding the perfect partner.
this method does come with some risks.
تأتي بمخاطر.
your perfect partner appeared
تخيل بأن شريكك المثالي ظهر
you'd have to reject them.
you've seen before,
rejecting everyone and die alone.
nibbling at your remains.
تعض أصابع الندم.
let's imagine, instead,
دعونا نتخيل بدل ذلك،
in your first 37 percent
في ال37 في المئة الأولى
boring, terrible people.
ورهيبون للغاية.
you're in your rejection phase,
في مرحلة الرفض،
you can reject them.
يمكنك رفضهم.
person to come along
dull and terrible
I'm afraid you have to marry them
أخشى أنه سيكون عليك أن تتزوجه
which is, frankly, suboptimal.
دون المستوى المثالي بصراحة.
an opportunity here
and really cater for this market.
(Laughter)
(ضحك)
are marginally less terrible
of people I dated."
الذين واعدت."
than I normally manage.
مما أكتبه في العادة.
you a 100 percent success rate,
نسبة نجاح 100 في المئة،
strategy that can do any better.
يمكنها تقديم ما هو أفضل.
there are certain types
هناك أنواع معينة
employ this exact strategy.
هذه الاستراتيجية نفسها.
suitor that turns up
of the mating season,
that comes along after that window
that they've seen before.
humans, we do sort of do this anyway.
to play the field,
or whatever when we're young.
في فترة الشباب.
at potential marriage candidates
عن مرشحين محتملين للزواج
وأواخر العشرينيات.
if ever it were needed,
إن احتجنا قط إليه،
to be just a little bit mathematical.
لتكون رياضيتية إلى حد ما.
that you picked your perfect partner
a lifelong relationship with them.
would ideally like to avoid divorce,
أن يتجنب الطلاق،
Piers Morgan's wife, maybe?
زوجة بيرس مورغان؟
States ends in divorce,
ينتهي بطلاق،
not being far behind.
بقية العالم غير بعيدة عن ذلك.
that precede a marital breakup
انهيار الزواج
for mathematical investigation.
or what you should be quantifying.
John Gottman, who did exactly that.
والذي قام بذلك بالضبط.
having a conversation
وهم يتحدثون
everything you can think of.
in the conversation,
or not the wife was actually always right,
الزوجة في الواقع محقة على الدوام،
most important predictors
is going to get divorced
partner was being in the conversation.
خلال المحادثة.
on Gottman's scale than negative.
على سلم جوتمان.
going to get divorced,
على الأرجح بطلاق،
into a spiral of negativity.
الأفكار البالغة البساطة،
was going to get divorced
with a mathematician, James Murray,
جيمس موراي،
and how they occur.
impressively simple and interesting.
وبسيطة ومثيرة للاهتمام.
the wife or husband is going to respond
بالطريقة التي سيتجاوب بها الزوج أو الزوجة
they're going to be.
التي سيتحلون بها.
when they're on their own,
they're with their partner,
influence one another.
على بعضهما البعض.
to point out at this stage,
have also been shown
countries in an arms race.
spiraling into negativity
نحو السلبية
the beginning of a nuclear war.
in this equation
have on one another,
the negativity threshold.
how annoying the husband can be
عليها الزوج مزعجا
really pissed off, and vice versa.
والعكس بالعكس.
were about compromise and understanding
تعتمد على التنازل والتفاهم
have the space to be themselves.
ليتصرف كنفسه.
the most successful relationships
a really high negativity threshold.
they really were a big deal.
and subsequent findings by the team
ونتائج الفريق البحثي اللاحقة
or the most successful couples,
negativity threshold.
على عتبة سلبية متدنية.
let anything go unnoticed
لا يدعون الأمور تمر دون ملاحظتها
some room to complain.
trying to repair their own relationship,
باستمرار إصلاح علاقاتهم،
outlook on their marriage.
أكثر إيجابية لزواجهم.
end up being a really big deal.
أمورا مهمة.
just a low negativity threshold
عتبة سلبية متدنية
have a successful relationship.
mathematical evidence
let the sun go down on your anger.
أن تغرب الشمس على غضبك.
with love and relationships.
على إيجاد الحب والعلاقات الحميمية.
that aside from their use as tips,
into the power of mathematics.
and symbols aren't just a thing.
ليست مجرد أشياء.
about the incredible richness of nature
and warp and evolve all around us,
وتلتف وتتطور من حولنا،
إلى طريقة تصرفنا.
for just a couple of you,
the mathematics of love
a little bit more love for mathematics.
البعض من الحب للرياضيات.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Hannah Fry - Complexity theoristHannah Fry researches the trends in our civilization and ways we can forecast its future.
Why you should listen
Hannah Fry completed her PhD in fluid dynamics in early 2011 with an emphasis on how liquid droplets move. Then, after working as an aerodynamicist in the motorsport industry, she began work on an interdisciplinary project in complexity sciences at University College London. Hannah’s current research focusses on discovering new connections between mathematically described systems and human interaction at the largest scale.
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