Horizon · SEASON 53
How to Find Love Online
Episode 7 · 2016-04-25
- Documentary
Episode overview
Dr Xand Van Tulleken is single and looking for love. Mathematician Dr Hannah Fry wants to use him as her guinea pig to test whether the algorithms that dating sites use to match people actually work. While Hannah builds a dating site, Xand meets the scientists investigating online dating - and learns what pictures to use and what to write in his profile. He tries out a 'bot' that has automated a swiping app and has an MRI scan to find out whether his brain is equipped for love. 50 members of the public take part in some mini experiments at a date night - and Xand goes on various dates to test whether the algorithm is better than him choosing randomly.
60 minutes
Season 53 episodes
1. The Immortalist2016-03-16
2. Project Greenglow - The Quest for Gravity Control2016-03-23
3. The Mystery of Dark Energy2016-03-30
4. Oceans of the Solar System2016-04-06
5. The End of the Solar System2016-04-13
6. Should We Close Our Zoos?2016-04-17
7. How to Find Love Online2016-04-25
8. Ice Station Antarctica2016-05-04
9. Curing Alzheimer's2016-05-11
10. E-Cigarettes: Miracle or Menace?2016-05-22
11. Why Are We Getting So Fat?2016-06-07
12. Sports Doping - Winning At Any Cost?2016-07-19
13. Inside CERN2016-08-10
14. My Amazing Twin2016-08-25
15. The Lost Tribes of Humanity2016-10-12
16. The Wildest Weather in the Universe2016-10-23
