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Listen, Google,_ I will say, __oth John and Paul are courting me. I like both of them, but in a different way, and it__ so hard to make up my mind. Given everything you know, what do you advise me to do?__nd Google will answer: __ell, I know you from the day you were born. I have read all your emails, recorded all your phone calls, and know your favourite films, your DNA and the entire history of your heart. I have exact data about each date you went on, and if you want, I can show you second-by-second graphs of your heart rate, blood pressure and sugar levels whenever you went on a date with John or Paul. If necessary, I can even provide you with accurate mathematical ranking of every sexual encounter you had with either of them. And naturally enough, I know them as well as I know you. Based on all this information, on my superb algorithms, and on decades_ worth of statistics about millions of relationships _ I advise you to go with John, with an 87 per cent probability of being more satisfied with him in the long run.Indeed, I know you so well that I also know you don__ like this answer. Paul is much more handsome than John, and because you give external appearances too much weight, you secretly wanted me to say __aul_. Looks matter, of course; but not as much as you think. Your biochemical algorithms _ which evolved tens of thousands of years ago in the African savannah _ give looks a weight of 35 per cent in their overall rating of potential mates. My algorithms _ which are based on the most up-to-date studies and statistics _ say that looks have only a 14 per cent impact on the long-term success of romantic relationships. So, even though I took Paul__ looks into account, I still tell you that you would be better off with John.