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Season 2016 · Episode 7
Landed Mon, 25 Apr 2016 · 16:00 your time · 1 episode · 1h 0m
Season 2016, Episode 7 of Horizon aired Monday, 25 April 2016 at 9pm UK time on BBC iPlayer.
- S2016E07How to Find Love OnlineMathematician Dr Hannah Fry uses Dr Xand Van Tulleken 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.
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