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What you're saying goes against a lot of research into how humans pick partners. [0][1] It's very complex and little of it is conscious.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_selection_in_humans

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assortative_mating#Assortative...

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I am not saying that the model isn't useful - I am saying that it isn't universally applicable. We have so many deep evolutionary drives that we re-program to our ends all the time. Contraception is a great example of this, as are people trying to get over PTSD, eating disorders, and so on.

So, yeah, sure the model explains quite a bit and explains why we find certain things attractive, but it says nothing whatsoever about why certain people marry each other - which is what the question is.

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