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Friendship Dynamics & Social Similarity

Friendship Dynamics & Social Similarity

Articles on friendship formation patterns, homophily vs. default-selection hypotheses, similarity in social relationships, and the psychology of interpersonal attraction and relationship stability.

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Opposites Never Attracted: The AI Impact on Human Psychology Starts With a Dating Myth We Should Retire

A sweeping CU Boulder analysis of over 130 traits across millions of couples shows similarity dominates partnership. What that finding means for how AI models human connection — and why the old adage was always a story, not a mechanism.