Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a team of physicists have developed a calculator to determine the odds of finding love.
It is based on the famous Drake equation used to calculate the possible number of advanced civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy, according to a press release from Omni Calendar, an international tech company.
According to U.S. Census Bureau statistics cited by the calendar, 46.4% of U.S. adults are single – equivalent to 117.6 million Americans.
Steven Wooding and Luciano Miño, two physicists from Omni Calculator, decided to develop a tool for people looking for love. They were inspired by the 2010 paper “Why I don’t have a girlfriend: An application of the Drake Equation to love in the UK” by Peter Backus.
U.S. astrophysicist Frank Drake formulated the Drake equation and it was first discussed in 1961.
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“Their tool combines both astrophysics and statistics to determine how many matches are available in a user’s area and compares their chances of dating to the likelihood of aliens,” said Omni Calculator.
To use “The Drake Equation for Love Calculator” people input their location, personal attributes, and preferences on love. This includes personal estimations of one’s own attractiveness and social skills.
In addition to potential partners, results will also compare users’ odds of finding love are higher or lower than the chances of alien life within 1000 light-years away. There’s also an advanced mode for people who want to specify their own factors for love.
“As he was so disheartened to find out, Backus's odds of finding a girlfriend were extremely low,” said Omni Calculator. “And yet, a mere three years after publishing his paper, Backus got married to a friend of a friend he met at a dinner party. One of his 26 viable partners was only two degrees of separation away!”
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