Metus comments on Open Thread: March 4 - 10 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Ritalin 04 March 2014 11:29:00PM *  5 points [-]

You know, I wonder if anyone ever made a Fault Tree Analysis of Romance. Specifically, of all the things that could and did go wrong in their previous romantic history. All the causality chains. One could argue that romantic failures have as huge an impact on the economy as the most disastrous industrial accidents, and that this is a field worth researching.

Comment author: Metus 05 March 2014 12:55:21AM 1 point [-]

I am sure a proper analysis of the impact of relationship problems on the life of the average person in terms of happiness, well-being or some other similar quantity will put this near or at the top of the list in the Western world.

Though seeing as exercising and eating properly are similar in magnitude - I assume - but people are still not doing it gives me little confidence.