Hannah Fry: The mathematics of love
Hannah Fry: Les matemàtiques de l'amor
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about the mathematics of love.
les matemàtiques de l'amor.
are famously excellent at finding love.
l'hora de trobar l'amor.
because of our dashing personalities,
exigència personal,
and excellent pencil cases.
excel·lents estoigs.
an awful lot of work into the maths
en base a les matemàtiques
on the subject, which is entitled,
que es titula
(Laughter) --
his chances of finding love.
possibilitats de trobar l'amor.
al Regne Unit,
is somebody who lives near him,
aprop seu,
to find him attractive.
of 26 women in the whole of the UK.
el Regne Unit.
oi Peter?
is it Peter?
than the best estimates
que la millor estimació
extraterrestrial life forms there are.
extraterrestre que hi ha.
a 1 in 285,000 chance
oportunitat entre 285.000
of these special ladies
dones especials
que els matemàtics
that's why mathematicians
going on nights out anymore.
les nits.
to such a pessimistic view.
just as well as all of you do,
and rational and easily predictable.
ordenades ni són clarament predictibles.
that it can offer us
ens puguin oferir
is full of patterns
aspectes de la vida, está ple de patrons
all about the study of patterns.
bàsicament, amb patrons.
to the fluctuations in the stock market,
l'oscil·lació de la borsa,
or the growth of cities.
desenvolupament de les ciutats.
none of those things
cap d'aquestes coses
and easily predictable, either.
són fàcil de predir.
is so powerful that it has the potential
tan poderoses que tenen el potencial
at almost anything.
ben bé qualsevol cosa,
com l'amor.
and relevant mathematics is,
són les matemàtiques,
mathematically verifiable tips for love.
matemàtics sobre l'amor.
website is OkCupid,
by a group of mathematicians.
un grup de matemàtics.
ha utilitzat la seva pàgina
for almost a decade.
to search for patterns
interact with each other
interactuem
seriously interesting findings.
interesants.
that on an online dating website,
de cites,
does not dictate how popular you are,
la teva popularitat,
think that you're ugly
section of OkCupid,
how attractive you think people are
de les altres persones
the average score,
selection of people receive,
de persona,
on an online dating website.
popularitat en un lloc web de cites.
have come up with.
arribat.
is that it's not totally true
que no és del tot cert
the more messages you get.
més missatges reps.
of what is it about people up here
com les persones d'aquí dalt
than people down here,
same score of attractiveness?
d'atractiu.
straightforward looks that are important.
relacions directes són importants.
findings with an example.
amb un exemple:
Portia de Rossi, for example,
Portia de Rossi, per exemple,
is a very beautiful woman.
Portia de Rossi és una dona molt maca.
but she's not a supermodel, either.
però ella tampoc és una top model.
to someone like Sarah Jessica Parker,
com Sarah Jessica Parker,
myself included, I should say,
is seriously fabulous
veritablement fabulosa
most beautiful creatures
més maques
on the face of the Earth.
la superfície terrestre.
i.e., most of the Internet,
la majoria de l'Internet,
a bit like a horse. (Laughter)
a un cavall.
how attractive they thought
sobre l'atractiu
or Portia de Rossi were,
Portia de Rossi,
them a score between 1 and 5,
d'entre 1 i 5,
to have roughly the same score.
més o menys la mateixa.
would be very different.
seria molt diferent.
all be clustered around the 4
al voltant del 4.
that she's very beautiful,
molt maca,
completely divides opinion.
hi ha varietat d'opinions.
seva votació.
la que compta,
més popular
that makes you more popular
think that you're attractive,
atractiu,
think that you're a massive minger.
un monstre.
than everybody just thinking
makes a bit more sense
més de sentit
who are sending these messages.
t'envia els missatges.
somebody's attractive,
won't necessarily be that interested.
no estaran tan interessades com tu.
less competition for you
for you to get in touch.
un contacte.
to if you think somebody is attractive
que consideres atractiva,
is going to think they're attractive.
atractiva,
humiliating yourself, let's be honest?
amb ella? Siguem honestos.
interesting part comes.
that they use on an online dating website,
en una pàgina web de cites,
els aspectes
will find unattractive.
who are, perhaps, a little bit overweight
estan una mica grassonetes
a very cropped photo,
molt retallades,
where they're wearing hats.
on portin barrets.
of what you should do
hauries de fer
whatever it is that makes you different,
fa diferent,
will find it unattractive.
a la gent.
are just going to fancy you anyway,
els hi agradaràs de totes maneres,
well, they only play up to your advantage.
millor per tu.
How to pick the perfect partner.
Com trobar la parella perfecta.
that you're a roaring success
of how do you then convert that success
convertir aquest èxit
and in particular,
i en particular,
when is the right time to settle down?
per establir-lo.
it's not advisable to just cash in
que trobes
who comes along
want to leave it too long
que duri massa temps
de felicitat a llarg termini.
chance of long-term happiness.
Jane Austen, puts it,
Jane Austen,
inspire affection again."
afecte de nou."
What do you know about love?
Què sabeu sobre l'amor?
is the right time to settle down
moment adequat per centrar-se
that you can date in your lifetime?
pots sortir al llarg de la teva vida?
of mathematics that we can use
part de les matemàtiques que podem emprar
optimal stopping theory.
la teoria de parada òptima.
by the time that you're 35.
en tinguis 35.
date across your lifetime,
al llarg de la teva vida
levels of goodness.
you cash in and get married,
et cases,
what you could have had,
el que podries tenir,
and change your mind.
canviar d'idea.
la meva experiència
much like being recalled
agrada que la tornin a trucar
for somebody else, or that's just me.
deixat per un altre, o només és a mi.
that what you should do
que hauries de fer
of your dating window,
as serious marriage potential.
per casar-te.
next person that comes along
persona que es presenta
that you've seen before.
vist abans.
mathematically proven, in fact,
està matemàticament comprovat que, de fet,
of finding the perfect partner.
trobar a la teva parella perfecta.
this method does come with some risks.
sistema ve acompanyat d'alguns riscos.
your perfect partner appeared
perfecta apareix
you'd have to reject them.
you've seen before,
rejecting everyone and die alone.
i morir sol.
nibbling at your remains.
mossegant les teves restes.
let's imagine, instead,
in your first 37 percent
que surts en el teu 37%
boring, terrible people.
i terribles persones.
you're in your rejection phase,
a la fase de rebuig,
you can reject them.
person to come along
que trobes
dull and terrible
i terrible
I'm afraid you have to marry them
t'has de casar amb elles
which is, frankly, suboptimal.
francament, no és òptima.
an opportunity here
oportunitat
and really cater for this market.
aquest mercat
com aquesta.
(Laughter)
are marginally less terrible
que he sortit".
of people I dated."
than I normally manage.
faig normalment.
you a 100 percent success rate,
l'èxit al 100%,
strategy that can do any better.
per fer-ho millor.
algun tipus
there are certain types
employ this exact strategy.
aquesta estratègia.
suitor that turns up
apareixen
of the mating season,
d'aparellament,
that comes along after that window
apareix després
that they've seen before.
humans, we do sort of do this anyway.
els humans fem alguna cosa com aquesta.
to play the field,
treballar el terreny,
or whatever when we're young.
o del que sigui, quan som joves,
at potential marriage candidates
seriament candidats per casar-nos
if ever it were needed,
si algun cop es necessita,
to be just a little bit mathematical.
a ser una mica matemàtic.
el segon consell.
that you picked your perfect partner
a lifelong relationship with them.
amb ella.
would ideally like to avoid divorce,
el divorci,
Piers Morgan's wife, maybe?
Pier Morgan, potser?
de la vida moderna
States ends in divorce,
als Estats Units acaben divorciats,
not being far behind.
that precede a marital breakup
una separació
for mathematical investigation.
investigació matemàtica.
or what you should be quantifying.
hauries de quantificar.
John Gottman, who did exactly that.
John Gottman, qui va fer exactament això.
having a conversation
parelles parlant
everything you can think of.
que et puguis imaginar.
in the conversation,
or not the wife was actually always right,
o no sempre raó,
van veure
most important predictors
importants
is going to get divorced
partner was being in the conversation.
de la parella durant la conversa.
on Gottman's scale than negative.
que negatius a l'escala de Gottman.
going to get divorced,
divorciant,
into a spiral of negativity.
idees simples,
was going to get divorced
with a mathematician, James Murray,
un matemàtic, James Murray,
and how they occur.
espirals de negativitat i com succeeixen.
impressively simple and interesting.
increíblement simples i interessants.
the wife or husband is going to respond
el marit anaven a respondre
they're going to be.
when they're on their own,
es trobaven soles,
they're with their partner,
la seva parella,
influence one another.
s'influïen entre ells
to point out at this stage,
en aquest punt,
have also been shown
countries in an arms race.
durant una cursa d'armament.
spiraling into negativity
una espiral de negativitat
the beginning of a nuclear war.
començament d'una guerra nuclear.
in this equation
aquesta equació
have on one another,
sobre els altres,
the negativity threshold.
el llindar de la negativitat.
how annoying the husband can be
el marit
really pissed off, and vice versa.
realment enfadada, i viceversa.
were about compromise and understanding
es basaven en el compromís i l'enteniment
have the space to be themselves.
espai propi per ser un mateix.
les relacions amb més èxit
the most successful relationships
a really high negativity threshold.
de negativitat
algunes coses
they really were a big deal.
realment importants.
and subsequent findings by the team
descobriments de l'equip
és certa.
or the most successful couples,
o les que tenen més èxit,
negativity threshold.
de negativitat.
let anything go unnoticed
treuen importància a res
some room to complain.
trying to repair their own relationship,
tenir cura constantment de la seva relació
del seu matrimoni;
outlook on their marriage.
end up being a really big deal.
coses petites esdevinguin grans.
just a low negativity threshold
un baix llindar de negativitat
have a successful relationship.
a tenir una relació amb èxit.
mathematical evidence
evidència matemàtica
let the sun go down on your anger.
ens controli.
els meus tres consells
with love and relationships.
en l'amor i les relacions.
that aside from their use as tips,
a consells,
into the power of mathematics.
del poder de les matemàtiques.
and symbols aren't just a thing.
no són simplement coses,
about the incredible richness of nature
riquesa de la naturalesa
and warp and evolve all around us,
i es deformen i que ens envolten,
com ens comportem.
for just a couple of you,
per un parell de vosaltres,
the mathematics of love
les matematiques
a little bit more love for mathematics.
les matemàtiques.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Hannah Fry - Complexity theoristHannah Fry researches the trends in our civilization and ways we can forecast its future.
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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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