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Dating is not a "solvable" problem because asymmetric information and asymmetric supply/demand meaning that the solutions to the Stable Marriage Problem aren't applicable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Market_for_Lemons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_and_demand

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_marriage_problem

"Outsourcing" just makes the informational asymmetry worse. It's a negative-sum strategy. Hooray.



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