The article begins reasonably, with an explanation of scientist's prior belief that mate selection is evolutionary. "Women have a vested interest in reproduction, hence they don't want to select a dud for a mate." Liked the way that sounded, but witnessed by the divorce rate, single parenting and the like, it appears that evolution has, for sometime now, lost ground as an argument. 

The article goes on to talk about how Speed Dating is a living laboratory to test new hypotheses about mating. In one case, the scientists were looking to see whether men or women were choosier. Speed Dating, for those not in the know, is musical chairs without the music. But with the chairs. You move from one chair to another, face to face with a stranger for 3 minutes, move to the next chair and the next person. At the end of this totally ridiculous activity, you apparently then let it be known whom you would

like to see/speak to/sit opposite/again. It went on to talk about more research that made absolutely no sense. Example, men's preferences for occupation, height and smoking had little effect on whom they asked out. 

Would what the woman looked like be a factor???? 

The only substantive piece of info I gained from this particular article was about being fixed up as a way to meet people. Oh, it wasn't the being fixed up that was substantive information….it was the "if you know 20 people and each of them knows 20 other people, and each of them knows 20 other people you are connected to 8,000 people. 

20 to the third power is 8000. I may need that info someday.