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Introduction

1.  The Manifesto's Purpose

     The Need

     The Method

     How to Use the Manifesto

     The Outcome

2.  Love Economics

     Behavioral Models

     The Core Variables

     A Relationship

     Model Assumptions

     Emotional Availability

     Past Love Experiences

     Commitment

     How to Use the Model

3.  The Benefits of Love

     Emotional Needs

     Entertainment Needs

     Materialistic Needs

4.  The Costs of Love

     Search Cost

     Your Attractiveness

     Your Social Networking Skills

     Search Time Cost

     Search Financial Cost

     Rejection Cost

     Research Cost

     Maintenance Cost

     Opportunity Cost

     Breakup Risk

     Risk of Being Dumped

     Breakup Cost

5.  Attraction

     Attractiveness

     Qualities to Fulfill Needs of Others

     Confidence

     Lowering Love Costs of Others

     Situational Forces

     Other Attractive Traits

6.  Weaknesses of the Model

7.  Soulmates & True Love

     Soulmate Theory

     Number of Soulmate Believers

     The Evidence of Soulmates

     Chances of Marrying Your Soulmate

8.  Methods of Finding Soulmates

     On Your Own

     Virtual Communities

     Personal Ads

     Traditional Dating Services

     Online Dating Services

9.  How to Solve Dating

     The Solution

     How You Can Help Solve Dating

10.  Appendix

     Other Attractive Traits

     Love Economics Translations

References

About the Author




The Soulmate Manifesto:

Uniting all Soulmate Believers

In an Effort to Solve Dating



Copyright 2003. Aluran, Inc.



The Soulmate Manifesto:

Uniting All Soulmate Believers in an Effort to Solve Dating

Weaknesses of the Model

Happiness, Anxiety, and Stress Measurements
Until genomic researchers can isolate the genes for happiness, anxiety, and stress, these dispositions are usually hard to predict.



Miscalculations of Love's Benefits and Costs
People who are in love are usually blind. They are unable to accurately judge the benefits and costs of being in love.



Selectiveness Misperception
The Model assumes people are smart enough to calculate simple statistics and probability. However, heuristics, or mental short cuts, may distort perception. Examples of distorted selectiveness perception are:
  • Fashion model photographers may believe that the probability of meeting physically attractive people is higher than normal.
  • College students may overestimate the percentage of singles in the population because they are surrounded by an abundance of eligible singles.
  • Shy people or people with inadequate social exposure, may not have a big enough population sample size resulting in distorted selectiveness perception.


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