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Yakk · 05-12-2004, 02:57 PM

On topic, if bullshit, theory:
1> Assume no racial discrimination (in the broadest term). Even in an area with relatively lots of asiams, there will probably be more europeans. So, if people "randomly" pair up, you'd see more asian-white pairs than asian-asian pairs.

2> Being "more considerate" (justified or not) might give someone an edge in forming/keeping a relationship. Being viewed as "more considerate" would as well. Steriotypically, North American males of European discent are "more considerate" of the partner in a relationship, as are asian females. If you buy into the level-set theory of relationships (people form relationships with others of similar relationship "value" or "quality" in percentile terms[1]), this would place a bias towards them pairing up.

Footnote
[1] Ie, the "best 1%" of the male and the "best 1%" of the female would tend to pair up. (or, more precicely, there is a correlation between the relationship-quality of people who form relationships). This is bullshit because "relationship-quality" can only really be determined by analyzing how people select relationship partners, and hence you get a rather stupid circular arguement.

As noted, all of the above statements are somewhere between mild fabrications and bald all-out lies.

05-12-2004, 02:57 PM	#48 (permalink)
Yakk Wehret Den Anfängen! Location: Ontario, Canada	On topic, if bullshit, theory: 1> Assume no racial discrimination (in the broadest term). Even in an area with relatively lots of asiams, there will probably be more europeans. So, if people "randomly" pair up, you'd see more asian-white pairs than asian-asian pairs. 2> Being "more considerate" (justified or not) might give someone an edge in forming/keeping a relationship. Being viewed as "more considerate" would as well. Steriotypically, North American males of European discent are "more considerate" of the partner in a relationship, as are asian females. If you buy into the level-set theory of relationships (people form relationships with others of similar relationship "value" or "quality" in percentile terms[1]), this would place a bias towards them pairing up. Footnote [1] Ie, the "best 1%" of the male and the "best 1%" of the female would tend to pair up. (or, more precicely, there is a correlation between the relationship-quality of people who form relationships). This is bullshit because "relationship-quality" can only really be determined by analyzing how people select relationship partners, and hence you get a rather stupid circular arguement. As noted, all of the above statements are somewhere between mild fabrications and bald all-out lies. __________________ Last edited by JHVH : 10-29-4004 BC at 09:00 PM. Reason: Time for a rest.