What's wrong with OKCupid's matching algorithm.

Re:What's wrong with OKCupid's matching algorithm. by Retric on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @09:44PM (#3272785)

Seems odd to separate Asia from Europe and not separate North and South America. I mean Eurasia is even on the same plate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Plates_tect2_en.svg

But, I expect when they start teaching people which plates things are on plenty of people are going to find it strange.

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Re:What's wrong with OKCupid's matching algorithm. by ugh on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @09:53PM (#3272801)

I think you didn’t understand me. That’s not what matters. There is no need to count continents. It’s unnecessary.

If you know every property of something it’s not necessary to ask whether it really is a continent or not.

There isn’t even a communication problem when it comes to this question so it isn’t really necessary to find some sort of great definition.

No matter how many continents you told there were, if you payed some attention you know what people are talking about when they say America, North America, Europe, Asia or Eurasia.

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