How to think like a mathematician
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How to Maximize Your Chance of Getting Someone Good
You can use something called optimal stopping theory and you can... Optimal what? Sorry. The other one I loved was that you'd worked out how many people you have to date before, statistically speaking, you should choose your partner to marry. You said the first 37%? That's one over E. Of the time, exactly. Yes, you just... What decade have we ... Look, you suddenly appears in a frock coat here. It's Radio 4, I don't know if anyone. So, yeah, so, you've had all of these liaisons. And then after that window is passed, you then the next person who comes along that's better than
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