How to Know When to Get Married Using the Optimal Stopping Theory

In this video I perform a lifetime of "dating" in a single experiment in order to test whether the optimal stopping theory is better than me at choosing a lifelong partner.

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[TheActionLab]

Follow your heart, but take your brain with you

[shade]

When you realize your "n" is 0, and that equation doesn't work for you

[InvisibleKerry]

“And with that, I’m going to be dating numbers.” -me in high school, talking to myself while doing homework instead of being at the homecoming dance.

[justpaulo]

Smooth way of saying your wife is a perfect 10! 👍

[bishu]

"I feel I m addicted to mari-joanna"

- The Action Lab, 2019

[darshandhabale]

Imagine having to explain this before breaking up 😆

[the_danksmith]

My GF: Will you marry me?
Me: Wait until I do some calculations to see if I will marry you...

[noel]

I just wanna imagine someone proposing and their gf is like "Wait! I need to do the math first"

[antivanti]

"Maybe I should have kept the 16" - Action Lab 2019
I can relate... wait what?

[jeremygrecte]

My stop dating theory: stop at the first one I manage to date.

[geraldalexander]

It's really fun when you have no potential partners during the first 37% of your dating period, so literally the first partner that says yes is better than everyone else, until she breaks your heart.

[abhirupmukherjee]

Well, seems like my optimal stopping period arrived before I even found a perfect match...

[williamostlund]

12:46 I wouldn’t say you did bad in comparison to the optimal stopping theory. Both methods got 6 away from optimal. The stopping theory got 2 away from perfect while you got 4 away, but that minor difference is humbled by the fact that you got 56 away from perfect whereas the stopping theory died alone in one of the attempts.

[lamuzzo]

imagine rejecting the woman of your life when you're in that 37% period of dating.


i see, it would be me.

[anirudhshahapure]

I put it in a calculator....
Calculator : it's complicated for me to calculate (-_-)

[justpaulo]

(1:30) Something is wrong in your math because when i=r you'll be dividing by 0, which you can't.
EDIT: (2:05) You corrected it...

[travist]

The problem is we're trying to apply logic to an emotion, and love is one of the most illogical emotions.

[manish]

I watched your video after a very long time. I love your videos. Sorry I was absent. Keep doing what you are doing. Millions of people are behind you supporting your channel.🤠❤️

[CJWarlock]

Very good, interesting episode, and with a lot of humor along the way. Thanks. :)

[fuseteam]

it should be noted that the "optimal stopping theory" also applies to job hunting
or choosing the "best" out of a group