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The FBI is expected to announce this week the awarding of a $1 billion, 10-year contract to develop the largest and most comprehensive government biometrics database in history — with information on the palm prints, eye scans, tattoos, and other identifying physical data of citizens and those who pass through. Via BoingBoing.
I wonder if they will share their data with background check companies?
While hanging out with my friend Carlos, a brilliant medical researcher and brain surgeon, we started talking about scientific matching. He sent over this link to the Economist article, The scent of a woman (and a man), which gives a good overview of ScientificMatch, which I see has a new site up.
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Don’t get me wrong, it’s important to know the background of a person who you are dating… but it’s not the government’s responsibility to keep biometric records of all of us so that we may police each other. Unfortunately I think they will end up giving the info to background companies.
As far as “Scientifically Matching” I don’t disagree that it could increase your chances at sparking interest… but nothing can replace building attraction… if you don’t know how to spark emotions… you’re dead in the water no matter what science says.
I will like to know why there’s not a online matchmaking site that makes a simple yet effective self evaluation/matchmaking system that no one has to give a hair or blood sample for a DNA compatibility result or test there levels of testosterone in order to know if there compatible with another person or not? Wait……I know the answer to that question……because cupidsXfactors.com hasn’t launched yet. ; )
Someone told me that there was some company that will match singles by the similarities of the length of the fingers… What’s all that about? If we let this continue it is going to be so complicated to be matched online that no one is going to sing up. And another thing…. Stop with the personality test, I calculate that by average every 5 minutes a new personality test is created.
Each new relationship is not ONLY based upon personality, there are others factors that play major rolls like Age, health, appearance, status, education, finance, employment, sex, goals and plans.