Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Science Vs. Instinct

following Age Of Love last night, nbc aired an episode of a spin-off of sorts called Science Of Love. the show took a bachelor (in this case, nfl football player adam johnson) and sent him on two dates. the first one was with a woman that he picked from 50 possible choices based on his general likes and his instinct. the second woman was picked for him by 'scientists and experts' in the field of love. also, the date with the woman he picked was set up by him, while the second date was arranged by the 'experts' in order to facilitate them falling for each other (the food, the activities, etc...).


it all sounds pretty silly, but i have to say that i found it all kind of interesting and more of an actual 'experiment' then Age Of Love with its old and young women.

personally, i would have liked more information about the science part of it and the tests that were done and such, but the show did a decent job of giving us info about why the girl was picked and why certain foods and activities were chosen as well.

in the end it all moves a bit fast, making him pick one woman after only one date with each (he chose to go with science) but it was kind of interesting. i do have a couple questions though...

1) while they say that science was trying to find the women he will want to be with for the rest of his life, the date was all manufactured to create bonding and sexual enticement in the moment. so what happens when they aren't sweating (to release pheromones) or eating aphrodisiacs, or bungee jumping (to create a shared fear/bond)?

2) also, at the end of the show host, mark consuelos, told the winning woman that she could either except adams request to spend more time together (on a nice vacation) or she could come back next week and go through the same process he went through and the scientists could find her perfect guy. now hold on there. does that make sense? how could she be his perfect match but he not be hers? so, now when all the generated love that science created for them on their date wears off will adam fall madly in love with her, but she won't feel the same about him?

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