Sniff sniff “Mmmmm. That’s good DNA!”
DNA Dating Site Predicts Chemical Romance
The first dating service to use lab-based genetic profiling launched online last week. Scientific Match promises to pair up people who will be physically attracted to each other because their DNA is different.
Well-matched couples will like each others’ natural scents, have more fun in bed, and bear healthier children than those who are genetically similar, the company claims.
The service, available only in the Boston area, charges $1,995 for a year-long subscription.
“I strongly believe this will dominate the future of dating services,” said founder Eric Holzle, a mechanical engineer.
Members swab their cheeks and send in saliva samples. A lab spends two weeks analyzing the immune system genes, and then the company matches individuals with genetic profiles that are unalike.
“We look at six specific genetic reference points on DNA, and none of those six can match to make a match,” Holzle explained.
He was inspired by a well-known “sweaty T-shirt” study of a dozen years ago, in which biologists found that women liked the smell of dirty shirts worn by men who were immunologically dissimilar to themselves.
So those on a budget can save the $2k/yr and swap t-shirts?
What about states like Arkansas and West Virginia where all of the DNA is the same?
Is this that company that was secretly started as a joint project by the NSA and CIA to build up a DNA database on American citizens?
Shhhhh! Mum’s the word 😉
Look around. It does not even seem even plausible that people are attracted by what is best for their offspring DNA-wise. Guys will continue to be attracted to youth and looks and girls will continue to be attracted to power and wealth. And, yes, of course, there is lots of individual variation — but there are not many guys chasing old, fat women and girls chasing homeless guys, no matter if their smells are attractive or not.
Again, gay sex is better.
The romance is still crappy but you don’t have to spend $500+ on the remote possibility that you will have sex with the other person.
#6 – So Angel, are you a pitcher or a catcher?
#7
I’m the umpire.
Oh brother! What a load of high tech snake oil! I think (know!) that this whole smell response thing is vastly overrated. Perhaps the women didn’t like sweat that smelled like their moms’, but more like what smelled like their fathers’. You don’t have to wonder why that would be true. But much of the DNA travels up the female side of the family tree, unchanged, compared to the male side (I think). But that’s assuming that some bunch of well heeled Boston prinesses can really tell the difference. I really don’t care if their stupid enough to blow their rich daddies’ cash on this folly. The “scientific” results will all just go sailing out the window when it come to the prospect’s bank account, mansion and automobiles. Pul-lease!
My guess was that women don’t think “romance” when the t-shirts smell like their brother’s room.