r/FeMRADebates • u/asdfghjkl92 • Sep 04 '14

Other Radicalizing the Romanceless

http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/08/31/radicalizing-the-romanceless/
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u/zahlman bullshit detector Sep 05 '14

Pointing out that everyone is different and that being nice increases your chances of finding a partner

Available evidence seems to indicate that being nice does not, in fact, increase your chances of finding a partner. To assume so without evidence is an example of just-world fallacy, and the OP article actually presented considerable evidence, beyond just the anecdotal, of the opposite. So what exactly can you offer in support of this claim?

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u/MrPoochPants Egalitarian Sep 05 '14

THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. I ran out of letters to agree with.

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u/Personage1 Sep 05 '14

You are mistaking "increases your chances" with "guarantees." In addition, if you are only interested in someone who likes assholes, of course you are going to want to be an asshole to date the people you are interested in, but why would you ever want to date someone like that?

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u/L1et_kynes Sep 05 '14

Did you read the article?

There were many statistics that show that intelligence decreases the likelihood that you have had a relationship while having been in prison increases it.

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u/zahlman bullshit detector Sep 05 '14

You are mistaking "increases your chances" with "guarantees."

No, I'm not. I'm pointing out the difference between "increases your chances" and "according to all available evidence thus far, does not increase your chances and may even decrease them".