Why You Will Never Find Your Other Half

Okay, lets begin by stating that communication is of utmost importance in a relationship and it is upon this fact that my calculations will be based on. Lets also assume that, for calculations sake, that the IQ of the person you want to find, has to be same as, or above yours.

Furthermore, lets assume that you have a slightly above average IQ of 110, which would mean you are in the top 25 percentile of the human population (which is still quite sad ;p)

Now, from the July 2008 figures acquired from the Central Intelligence Agency, Singapore has a population of 4608167. Thats near 5mil.

If you were in the top 25%, that would mean there are 1152041 (4608167/4) people with an IQ of 110 and above, and therefore able to hold a decent conversation with you.

Out of this 1152041, 576020 (1152041/2) would be of the opposite sex. (Statistics show the men:women ratio in singapore about the same)

Out of this 576020, 75% are chinese, making the figure 432015 (576020 x 75/100).

Out of this 432015, 16% are within the age group of 20-30, making the figure 69122. Even if you wanna be open minded to dating younger people 15-25, the figure would be about the same.

And assuming the number of chinese speaking people: english speaking people is 1:1 (even though we all know there are much more chinese speaking peeps around), that would mean that there are only 34561 possible candidates.

So now we have our final number of 34561. Thats quite a huge reduction from five mil to thirty thousand huh?

Now lets also assume that you meet 1 new person a day. Thats quite a huge amount when you think about it, cuz that would mean you meet 365 people a year. Which is many many more times the amount of people *I* meet.

So that means, every day of your life, you have [(13824/4608167)x100] around 0.3% chance of meeting the right person. And that doesnt even include your character compatibility cuz I dont know how that could be factored in. If it IS, then you might have around a 0% chance of meeting the right person for you.

So that is why, youll never find your other half. Good luck though! =D


EDITORS NOTE: The author acknowledges that this article was entirely tongue-in-cheek, and does not claim any responsibility for any physical or mental harm to any individual, including attempts at suicide and/or bouts of depression caused by the reading of this article.