Well, a lot of people like physical activity in a partner—it says something about physical attractiveness, and also a sort of energetic outlook.
As for the predominance of outdoorsy activities—honestly some of it is a class/culture thing, but so what. I’ve also noticed that there’s overlap between math and mountaineering—sort of the same kind of “coincidence” as math people liking Bach. Geeks tend to be drawn to physically demanding individual pursuits: running, climbing, cycling, and to a lesser extent weights. (Swimming ought to qualify but I’ve never met a lot of geeky swimmers.)
mattnewport “Mountains make me happy. I love snowboarding and hiking on them.” ... I run and swim—but swimming is very popular in my area.
I live in a city surrounded by mountains that hosted the Winter Olympics this year so snow sports and hiking are pretty popular around here. There’s probably some cultural context that interferes with the signalling going on in this case.
Well, a lot of people like physical activity in a partner—it says something about physical attractiveness, and also a sort of energetic outlook.
As for the predominance of outdoorsy activities—honestly some of it is a class/culture thing, but so what. I’ve also noticed that there’s overlap between math and mountaineering—sort of the same kind of “coincidence” as math people liking Bach. Geeks tend to be drawn to physically demanding individual pursuits: running, climbing, cycling, and to a lesser extent weights. (Swimming ought to qualify but I’ve never met a lot of geeky swimmers.)
I see, that’s interesting. (I run and swim—but swimming is very popular in my area.)
I live in a city surrounded by mountains that hosted the Winter Olympics this year so snow sports and hiking are pretty popular around here. There’s probably some cultural context that interferes with the signalling going on in this case.
Ah! So basically I fell for the fundamental attribution error.
My explanation (dispositional): This person is a sports fanatic since he practices such an exotic high-commitment sport.
True explanation (situational): This person lives in Vancouver, where this taste in sports is commonplace..
Since you’ll be looking for a person in your own city, this misunderstanding of signals presumably won’t be a problem.