WHY YOU’RE STILL SINGLE: You probably aren’t even trying. “It is reasonable for a quarter of singles to not want a relationship for whatever reason. What is not so reasonable is for the vast majority of those who do want one to not be making any attempt at finding one. . . . There is the stereotype of the person (usually but not always a woman) who goes on dates constantly, finding an endless string of losers. The data here suggests that this essentially is not a thing, or that if you do that it works.”

Plus: “Causation could however go either way. If no one single is trying, that could be because everyone who tries will succeed. Or it could be because a lot of people are doomed to failure if they try, and they have learned this so they stopped trying.”

I predict strange new respect for arranged marriages.

And: “Awkward shy rejection-sensitive pimply Asian guy asked 100 girls out on a date. 19 said yes! 10 were lesbian. Concludes that he got over his fear of rejection in a single day.” When I was in college, fresh off my first breakup, I read a magazine article that said ask out the first five women you see that you find attractive. I did that, and they all said yes. One I wound up dating for a while; the others were nice but no real chemistry. But I did get over my fear of rejection. I recommend this to others, though among today’s undergrads asking someone out in person, except at a bar or a frat party, is now seen by many as “creepy.” So are minor age differences like a 19 year old dating a 21 year old. In fact, I think they’ve been trained to see most heterosexual interactions as creepy. This is not by accident, I expect, but it’s pretty destructive given that the vast majority of people are in fact heterosexual.