THE PRINT – Oct 26 – It turns out that unpleasant experiences on Tinder are far fewer than happy dates. This could be because of our mating instincts from centuries ago. A 2017 study found that Tinder kick-starts our inherent evolutionary mating habits. A team of psychologists at the University of Aberdeen have found that men often swiped right to select women based on physical attractiveness, while women swiped right on men who scored higher on intelligence, career, and financial stability. These selection habits closely mimic survival strategies from centuries ago. But while we might be led to think that a "hook-up app" like Tinder was not made keeping long-term relationships in mind, it does in fact lead to those long-term, stable relationships. It turns out that counter-intuitively, making quick judgments under short seconds of evaluation actually might be making us choose better.
by Sandhya Ramesh
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