"DNA dating service" based on matching scents

[L.A. Guy]

There are lots of reasons why this service probably wouldn't work, but it's more evidence of

the effectiveness of pheromones.

(On the other hand, if the right natural scent is the key to "true love," will

using 'mones lead us to false love?)


Body Odor Called Key to Romantic Attraction

DNA Dating Service

Comes to Boston

BOSTON -- If body odor is a key to romantic attraction, a Florida company claims to have the

first scientific way of finding true love.

A new dating service that says it's the first to use DNA matching to

find that "perfect someone" is scheduled to launch in Boston Tuesday.

ScientificMatch.com promises its technology

will use DNA to find a date with "a natural odor you'll love, with whom you'd have healthier children and a more

satisfying sex life.

"How does it work?In analyzing DNA, the company said it looks at immune system genes and

identifies compatible mates from people with different immune systems.

"Nature attracts us to our genetic matches

with our noses. The fact is, we love how other people smell when their immune systems are different from ours—they

smell sexier," the company wrote in a release on its Web site.

The DNA collection technique will look familiar to

viewers of "Law & Order" and "CSI". The company sends sealed cotton swabs and instructs customers to swab the

insides of their cheeks. The company promises to keep the genetic information private by giving its labs only

customer numbers, not names.

The Boston area could be a fertile market for the service. With its large numbers of

college students and recent graduates, 39 percent of the population is single, according to Sperling's

Bestplaces.com Web Site.

Woman who take birth control pills, use hormonal patches or implants aren't good

candidates. The hormones, the company said, leads women to be attracted to different people than those using other

forms of contraception.

Finding one's soul-mate doesn't come cheap. The service costs $1,995, which includes

the DNA matching and a background check on prospective dates.

The company said it will not allow anyone who's

been convicted of a sexual offense, a violent crime or an Internet crime to be a member.

[Gegogi]

"If body odor is a key to

romantic attraction..." That may be but we need to explain this to the millions involved with habitual incest (not

to mention kissing cousins). I think there is far more involved than olfactory chemistry when it comes to sexual

attraction and dating.

Woman who take birth control pills, use hormonal patches or implants aren't good

candidates.

That would eliminate 90% of the population!

I think most of us have met someone we

were wildly drawn to whom seemed to have nothing in common and may not even find physically attractive. Both of you

can't wait to jump one another's bones. I've never had any of these unions last very long due to lifestyle

problems. I think a perfect mate is someone with some magic ratio of compatible intelligence, lifestyle, physical

appearance and chemistry. The chemistry can be small if the other others aspects are good. Great chemistry will

never makeup for shortfalls in the other areas. After all, a long successful union is mostly about compatible

communication, lifestyle and companionship.

[koolking1]

be having better

luck with mones if most women got off the pill, I think so.

[Oceanborn]

WOW!! I first read about a

similar prediction The Extreme Future by James Canton. Thought it was science fiction

until...

There's also predictions that human will date robots or andriods.. the future is sure scary... but

exciting!

Imagine your son / daughter dating a robot?!

[Rbt]

WOW!! I

first read about a similar prediction The Extreme Future by James Canton. Thought it was science fiction

until...

There's also predictions that human will date robots or andriods.. the future is sure scary... but

exciting!

Imagine your son / daughter dating a robot?!

I recall a PBS program where some researchers

in England did some dating predictions based on facial similarities based on the theroy that pople would be drawn to

someone who looked like themselves. Was a rather dismal failure. (Personally I would have based it more on parental

facial similarities...)

And I recall that scene in the movie Westworld (where nothing can go wrogn) with the

"local ladies" (androids). And a lot of anime (eg Chobits).

Here's a robotic prediction for you:



http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301736,00.html

[Oceanborn]

And I recall

that scene in the movie Westworld (where nothing can go wrogn) with the "local ladies" (androids). And a lot of

anime (eg Chobits).

I think the future is not very far off, consider some of us are already dating

Cyborgs. (Silicon breast implants)

[Gegogi]

The "Sex" program on the

Discovery channel mentioned women tend to be attracted to men with faces similar to their fathers. Kinda a creepy

thought...

[idesign]

The "Sex"

program on the Discovery channel mentioned women tend to be attracted to men with faces similar to their fathers.

Kinda a creepy thought...

I always like to meet the mother of my serious "dates". Gives you a clue as to

what to expect in later life. If they bear no resemblance then I ask the father (privately) for photos of his

mistress.