The First Steps Towards Asimov's Psychohistory? 293
lawrencekhoo writes "The Chronicle of Higher Education has an interesting article about the Gottman Institute's (a.k.a. the love lab) work on modeling the dynamics of marital conversations. These models are described in John Gottman et. al.'s recent book The Mathematics of Marriage: Dynamic Nonlinear Models (MIT Press). Should be an interesting read for anyone who ever wondered if human interactions could be mathematically modeled."
The married life (Score:5, Funny)
Most marital conversations I witness involve ditching the kids, how much the man drank with his buddies last night, why the hell is he always looking at her bimbo sister with big boobs, and for what reason did the woman decide that it would be a good idea to pay $100 for that purse.
Here's what it says (Score:4, Funny)
Researcher1: Is there anything to marital conversations other than shouting at the spouse?
Researcher2: NEVER! There's only one way to win a conversation: shout, shout, and shout again!!
Researcher1: You don't think that understanding and compromise have anything to do with it?
Researcher2: NO! It's all down to shouting. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHH!!!
Finally! (Score:5, Funny)
Finally, an answer to the question that has kept me awake at night tossing and turning for the past 17 years!
The SIMS (Score:5, Funny)
I thought that was the Sims!
Re:The married life (Score:3, Funny)
Re:movie ever in the making for the Foundation Ser (Score:0, Funny)
If it was only $100... (Score:4, Funny)
(Never let her find a Gucci store in the area)
j/k
Can someone who's rtfa answer my question? (Score:3, Funny)
From the article... (Score:5, Funny)
scoring each sentence and facial expression on such measures as disgust (-3), affection (+4), whining (-1), and contempt (-4).
Aargh! They've discovered the Slashcode 3.0 moderation system! Someone stop them before it's too late!
not only that... (Score:5, Funny)
Wife attacks! You are wounded in the (rolls die) pride.
Don drunkenness.
Roll die for level of drunkenness.
7
Your wounds' severity subsides.
Go out in shop, try to put lawnmower back together.
Wife follows! She is on the phone with your sister! Sister attacks!
Proof that the Seldon plan is not so far fetched: (Score:2, Funny)
KDE.
Each seemingly (at times) at odds, each carefully planned by a shadowy and secret originator to ensure that the job each thinks is its own will (we hope) be done.
But marital conversations? No. That's just too far out.
i feel so, so sorry (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The married life (Score:5, Funny)
What she says:
1. How do we ditch the kids?
2. Why do you pay more attention to your buddies than me?
3. Why do you pay more attention to that computer than me?
4. Do you think that woman's attractive?
5. I can pay $100 for a new purse, but you can't pay $49.95 for a new game (see #3)
6. You don't care about my feelings.
7. You're not sensitive to my needs.
8. Why don't you do something constructive.
9. Rub my feet.
10. Do we have to do that again? Why can't we just cuddle?
What I say:
1. How do we ditch the kids?
2. Would you please stop grooming me!
3. Would you please stop parking in the dead center of the garage!
4. Would you please stop falling asleep in the dead center of the bed!
5. Not everything is cooked on 10.
6. For the last time, here's how to use the tivo.
but woman are not logical (Score:4, Funny)
Of course they are responsible for %100 of the problems in a relationship. Since men are perfect and think rationally the problem can not be with us. We all know the truth here.
I think the mathmatically answer is easy. If a+ rand(time(0))!=b then a=b. Or let A live alone and use porn to cure sexual fustration.
Re:The married life (Score:2, Funny)
If love is maths... (Score:2, Funny)
RMN
~~~
Re:Psychohistory? (Score:2, Funny)
How would that knowledge have kept us from having the problem in the first place?
the primary equation (Score:2, Funny)
happiness = 1 / ( 7 - years of marriage )
Thankfully I only have six more months before the whole equation is undefined
wow, I just notice that putting whitespace around operators is now automatic.
Re:If love is maths... (Score:2, Funny)
(Sorry, had to say that. What do I owe the pun fund?
Or for slashdot readers... (Score:2, Funny)
Well, if they're modelling women (Score:3, Funny)
Model this (Score:3, Funny)
Wife: Dear
Me: Dear
Wife: Dear
Me: Dear!
Wife: DEAR!
long pause, we look at each other with arched eyebrows
Me: Dear!
Wife: Dear...
and on it goes...
Re:The married life (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Psychohistory? (Score:2, Funny)