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Episode Details: How to Find Love Online
How to Find Love Online
Series: Horizon
Season: Season 53
Episode Number: 7
Air Date:
Duration: 60 min
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.
Cast and Guests
Hannah Fry
Self - Presenter
Xand van Tulleken
Self - Presenter