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Whom should you Date?

People getting into relationships a lot now a days. So one question arises in my mind. Why do some people breakup soon while others enjoy a long term relationship. Should one date a popular person or someone who's not popular. NOTE: Following are just my observations. One thing we might have observed that popular people have a lot of choices. A beautiful girl in college is also a popular one. Almost every guy would wish to go out with her. So that girl has many options. Lets consider a situation: A girl 'X' is very popular and a guy 'Y' is average looking, not at all popular, stays alone most of the time but has crush on this girl like every other guy in the college. 'Y' wants a long term relationship and no other girl ever talks to him other than 'X'. 'X' is not only popular but also humble and polite and a good friend of 'Y'. So should 'Y' ask her out? See, clearly 'X' has a lots of other options beside ...

Hamilton's Rule: You are Selfish

As per Hamilton's rule, rB>C where, r is the relationship between the two individuals involved, B is the one you would sacrifice and C is the one you want to save. So basically what is its significance? It states that our genes work in a very selfish manner. It tends to take decisions which are most favorable for its retention and preserving its own identity. Let's understand it by an example. Say You went on a trip with your daughter and 3 of your nieces (your sister's 3 daughters). And suddenly you met an accident. Somehow you saved yourself but now got stuck in a critical condition. And that condition is: You can either save your own daughter or 3 of your nieces. So whom would you save? Well, as per Hamilton's rule, Your relation with your daughter is 50% (the other 50% is from your wife). You also have a 50% relation with your sister (say only one sibling). and your sister has a 50% relation with each of her daughters so your relation with her daug...