And an internet dating site may come up with not just a few dozen, but thousands of allegedly suitable matches.

婚恋网站提供给你的可能不止几十个人，而是几千个所谓适合你的人。

I know I was, and that is a problem that you don't have in Internet dating.

我知道我是，这是一个你在网上约会中没有的问题。

Surely, however, the chances of finding that magic other are increased by the second thing internet dating brings: oodles of choice?

但婚恋网站的第二项保证--大量的选择--就应该能够提高你找到神奇的另一半的几率吧？

I never would have even thought to think of this, but Match.com, the Internet dating site, came to me three years ago and asked me that question.

原本我并没有想要去思考这个问题，但在三年前，一个约会网站Match.com找到我，并问了我这个问题。

In Internet dating, you find someone you're interested in, they're interested in you, you meet them.

在网络约会中， 你找到了你感兴趣的人， 他们对你感兴趣，你就遇到了他们。

What do shopping with a credit card, finding love through internet dating and waiting for the traffic lights to change have in common?

用信用卡购物、通过网恋寻找真爱以及等交通信号灯有什么共同之处？

I know a lot of people are doing it, but I'm not so sure about trying an internet dating service.

我知道很多人都在这么做，但我不确定是否要尝试网络约会服务。

Well, in addition to Internet dating, there's also something that has become popular in the last 10 years, 15 years, called speed dating.

那么，除了网上约会，还有一种东西在过去 10 年、15 年里很流行， 叫做速配。

There is thus no independent scientific evidence that any internet dating site's algorithm for matching people together actually does enhance the chance of their hitting it off when they meet.

所以，根本没有独立的科学证据能够证明婚恋网站的配对算法确实增加了男女双方见面时擦出火花的机会。

This paper, published in Psychological Science in the Public Interest, reviews studies carried out by many groups of psychologists since the earliest internet dating site, Match.com, opened for business in 1995.

这篇刊登在《公众利益的心理科学》杂志上的论文重新考察了自1995年第一个婚恋网站Match.com成立以来多组心理学家所进行的研究。

Many firms preserve their intellectual property as trade secrets, rather than making it public by patenting it, and there is no reason why internet dating sites should not be among them.

许多公司将它们的知识产权当作商业机密来保护，不会申请专利将其公之于众，而婚恋网站采取类似策略也合情合理。

He reserves special scorn for dabblers in internet dating, who evidently believe that the search for “a photo, details of his or her tastes, date of birth, horoscope sign, etc” will ultimately net “a risk-free option”.

他一直都鄙视婚恋网上马虎配对的人，显然，这些人相信只需搜集未来另一半的“照片，喜好，生日，星座之类的”，终会成功地筛选出一个“零风险的选项”。