Love and Cheating

[zauxz]

Now THIS is stupid.

 

[October Country]

No, neither love nor cheating can be applied a mathematical value and as such cannot be used in equations. Human feelings are a totally different subject than maths and should be kept out entirely.

And my old math teacher always used to say that math can explain everything but love and hate.

 

[megalomania]

P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A and B)

This is better than the first equation.

But this equation also assumes that the human capacity for love is limited to one person.

Also I believe the probability of cheating dependent on the magnitude of love felt for the person. That B is a function of A

B=f(A) I think it is an inverse relationship. The more you love the less likely you are to cheat.

A simplified coefficient of cheating would be the proportionality of hotness of the gf and the non-gf.

so B = (H[non-gf]/H[gf])/A

The limiting cases: Your GF is not very hot and you don't love here much. In this case B approaches infinity (probabilistically 1)

Your GF is hot and you love her a great deal. In this case B approaches 0.

A more complete equation would including a drunk factor and an opportunity factor.

Happy Algebra

p.s Sex=Fun [http://files.sharenator.com/sexisfun-s320x518-914-580.jpg] Proof!

 

[Pyre00]

I really hate you guys.

 

[Trivun]

How can love be applied to a mathematical formula? It's true that sooner or later everything boils down to numbers, but that's only in the physical world. In terms of feelings you can't model all that on a mathematical formula. I'm sorry, but this makes no sense whatsoever.

Spoiler: xkcd

...and (@the OP'er) statistics isn't maths. Statistics is an entirely different subject.

Exactly my point, about the xkcd picture . However, Statistics is actually Maths. There are three branches of Mathematics: Pure, Applied and Statistics. They're all interlinked, and although Statistics can be done seperately, it is still a branch of maths.

 

[Jharry5]

Maths is an exact procedure - add two numbers together to get a third number. Love is not; it's more like a hedge maze. How maths could ever explain love is beyond me...
Maths hurts my head.

 

[Gamine]

Oh Babaji!

Can you truely love someone and cheat on them, the event of cheating and loving
hey, thats just the question, and its elementary maths. . no rocket science there.

He/She's using probabilistic notation. P(X) is the probability of event X occuring.

Now if you have two events A and B

P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A and B)

(So the probability of one or the other occuring is the sum of their probabilities, take away the probability that they both happen at the same time. If you imagine your events as a Venn diagram you can see why this is the case.)

Now he/she wants to know if you think P(Love or Cheat) = P(Love) + P(Cheat). i.e. Is the probability of Loving someone AND cheating on them zero? i.e. Are loving someone and cheating on them mutually exclusive?

All in all a very round about way of starting a thread.

And no, I don't think you can cheat on someone and honestly say you love them.

Thank you! lol

 

[Lord George]

I don't like maths too logical and unchangeable. I don't think you can look at love from mathematical standpoint. But biologically its easy to look at, love is just hormones and choosing breeding prospects, those who cheat are just trying to subconsciously say that your not good enough and they need a better mate.

 

[Anachronism]

But basically, if you cheat, you are a horrible human being and you were clearly not in love in the first place.

QFT

 

[Sir Pysco Sexy]

And seriously.
Math sucks.

Amen.

 

[massau]

there is something wrong with it maybe u hat to take a 3th thing i mean u say P(A)=P(A)+p(B)
but P(A)is already= P(A) so P(B) must be 0
and everything can be calculated. even a scientist sad maht is the luaghis of nature

 

[Lukeje]

How can love be applied to a mathematical formula? It's true that sooner or later everything boils down to numbers, but that's only in the physical world. In terms of feelings you can't model all that on a mathematical formula. I'm sorry, but this makes no sense whatsoever.

Spoiler: xkcd

...and (@the OP'er) statistics isn't maths. Statistics is an entirely different subject.

Exactly my point, about the xkcd picture . However, Statistics is actually Maths. There are three branches of Mathematics: Pure, Applied and Statistics. They're all interlinked, and although Statistics can be done seperately, it is still a branch of maths.

The only real maths is pure maths.[/opinion]

 

[Swaki]

i know im in love if i get to p, if i cant p whit my love ill cheat

 

[Perryman93]

YOU CANNOT DETERMINE THIS BY MATHS!!!
seriously, if you think you can determine the love shared between two people you are seriously deluded, or have obviously never been in love before, and cheating is nothing to do with maths, my friend was completely in love with his Gf then he got drunk and his EX came onto him and he ended up cheating, and ruining the relationship for a long time, before they both realized they still loved each other, WORK THAT OUT WITH MATHS FOOLS!!!

 

[Perryman93]

basically i think you can love someone and cheat, but it depends how much you love them, and the circumstances, because my friends i mentioned in my other post had just had a row, which coupled with alcohol may affect the results of the calculation!!

 

[internutt]

That is quite possibly the nerdiest thing I have ever read, I'm sorry. I can't really figure out what you're trying to say.

 

[XJ-0461]

People are attemting to strip emotions down to maths now? :S



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