David Skarbek said the following after seeing this picture:
I’ll bet that your odd behavior is a good sorting mechanism for women. The stuck up ones see you acting like an idiot so don’t bother, but the fun ones stick around.
Note: although I’m not a fan of Nash from Beautiful Mind, any nightlife veteran can tell you his Theory of the Wingman is pretty legit.
Surely someone can put together a thesis on self-selection from a Hayekian framework of imperfection information.
For more goofy examples see 1 2 or my MySpace/Facebook profiles. Props to John Goes for some synergy.
We were just talking on a certain message board about how crazy chicks are the best at sex. This strategy bears further tests, will do some research and submit results to the American Economics Journal.
Comment by John Goes — March 23, 2007 @ 11:08 am