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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.33,0:00:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] Decide when\Nto pair up and with whom
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.63,0:00:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a riddle that evolutionary\Npsychologist Douglas Kenrick
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.91,0:00:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has tried to solve for decades.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.30,0:00:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- If we all just went for good genes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.60,0:00:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone would be unhappy\Nif the guys didn't end up
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.29,0:00:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know with Jennifer Lopez
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.52,0:00:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or some other fashion model,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.12,0:00:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would just stop then.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.49,0:00:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the women would stop if\Nthey couldn't get Brad Pitt
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.44,0:00:26.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or some extremely handsome guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.83,0:00:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In real life, people have to\Nmatch up with one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.50,0:00:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(intense music)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.84,0:00:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] How does this\Nmatching up process work?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.17,0:00:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To find out, Dr. Kenrick gathered 10 men
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.09,0:00:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 10 women from a fairly average range
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.46,0:00:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of physical attractiveness\Nand prepared to perform
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.88,0:00:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few experiments in\Nhuman social dynamics.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.52,0:00:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First he stripped away as\Nmany differences as possible
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.38,0:00:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the guinea pigs by dressing them
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.44,0:00:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in identical and sexually neutral outfits.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.73,0:01:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Okay now you're gonna play\Na sort of a mating game.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.59,0:01:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You all have a number as you can see.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.63,0:01:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't see your own number,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.72,0:01:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you can see the\Nother peoples' numbers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.35,0:01:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Offer your hands to someone,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.09,0:01:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if they accept it,\Nthen you've paired up
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.27,0:01:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you walk back to the back.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.36,0:01:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the person does not accept your offer,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.70,0:01:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you'd move on and\Noffer it to someone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.84,0:01:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again the task being to try\Nto get the highest number
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.58,0:01:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.48,0:01:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and realizing that you have\Na number on your own head
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.22,0:01:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they are responding to as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.43,0:01:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(mysterious music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.03,0:01:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] The numbers, drawn at random,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.86,0:01:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are meant to represent desirability.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.16,0:01:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One being least and 10 being most.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.04,0:01:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the real world,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.34,0:01:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where most of us don't know exactly
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.01,0:01:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how attractive we are,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.68,0:01:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we tend to aim high, trying to snare a 10.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.77,0:01:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then gradually we work\Nour way down to someone
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.30,0:01:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will accept us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.03,0:02:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Some of the people are trying
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.40,0:02:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not getting paired.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.86,0:02:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two people who are\Nfives have paired up
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.93,0:02:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.25,0:02:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't like the 10s perfectly matched
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.94,0:02:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the ones perfectly matched,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.68,0:02:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you did get a correlation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.24,0:02:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people with the high numbers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.28,0:02:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were able to hold back\Na little bit longer,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.54,0:02:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they got more offers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.90,0:02:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people with the low\Nnumbers didn't get any offers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.34,0:02:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's sort of what\Nhappens in a real mating pool.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.57,0:02:46.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] The experiment opens a window
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.45,0:02:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the mind of an\Nadolescent who is not yet
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.12,0:02:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fully aware of how\Nattractive he or she is.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.44,0:02:57.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Let's imagine teenagers\Nin a high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.25,0:02:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got a guy and a girl
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.87,0:03:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are both 10s.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.45,0:03:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well what's gonna happen to\Nthem is they're gonna get
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.03,0:03:05.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of offers from the opposite sex,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.61,0:03:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're eventually\Ngonna have some sense
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.90,0:03:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they have lots of more opportunities.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.95,0:03:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're a five or a six,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.87,0:03:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as most people are,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.43,0:03:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll let you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.59,0:03:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll get feedback basically.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.80,0:03:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] This is something\Nwe all have to learn,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.93,0:03:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it can be a painful process.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.18,0:03:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(mysterious music)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.58,0:03:26.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To glimpse a sped-up version\Nof this learning curve,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.83,0:03:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dr. Kenrick put a microphone on the woman
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.17,0:03:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was ranked number three\Nand asked her to narrate
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.96,0:03:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her mate selection strategy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.07,0:03:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I guess everyone's\Ngonna start off going to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.97,0:03:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number 10 guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.06,0:03:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three, one, four, 10, oh 10 is taken now.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.22,0:03:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody will make eye contact with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.95,0:03:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not really used to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.79,0:03:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like that one, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.34,0:03:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But his number's too low, I can do better.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.71,0:04:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's see, one, no, seven.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.35,0:04:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could, oh he's being paired off.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.21,0:04:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a feeling I have a very low number
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.88,0:04:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because no one's coming\Nover to me at all right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.60,0:04:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come on, two, no,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.81,0:04:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can do better than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.36,0:04:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're running out of numbers.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.94,0:04:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, eight,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.28,0:04:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess this is all that's left.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.90,0:04:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay I'm stuck with two.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.43,0:04:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(mysterious music)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.10,0:04:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] After using random numbers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.88,0:04:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dr. Kenrick wanted to see\Nhow things would turn out
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.25,0:04:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if he let true physical attractiveness
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.81,0:04:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drive mate selection.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.83,0:04:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the volunteers first arrive,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.50,0:04:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the men and women met face-to-face,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.24,0:04:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kenrick had them rate each\Nothers' physical appearance
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.84,0:04:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a scale of one to 10.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.74,0:04:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He pooled the numbers for each person
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.28,0:04:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and came up with an attractiveness rating.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.11,0:04:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it's time for the test subjects to try
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.66,0:05:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reel in the most physically\Nattractive person they can.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.66,0:05:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(drum music)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.67,0:05:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- We are going to change\Nthe rules a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.88,0:05:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're gonna begin by asking the ladies
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.08,0:05:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take your head stockings off.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.18,0:05:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay now if the guys would all remove
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.16,0:05:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their head coverings.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.10,0:05:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let your own preferences now
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.61,0:05:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know have their way,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.40,0:05:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and again, keeping in mind the last game,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.91,0:05:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,try to get the person who you regard
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.56,0:05:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the highest attractiveness\Nin your opinion.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.71,0:05:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(mysterious music)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.32,0:06:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] Just as Kenrick expected,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.82,0:06:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each person found a partner\Nwithin a point or so
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.08,0:06:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of themselves.