Over at OKCupid, they have a humorous and enlightening article resulting from sifting through data they've collected from their 776 million members and using it to find correlations between different lifestyle choices.
For examples:
"beer-lovers are 60% more likely to be okay with sleeping with someone they've just met"
"We were very surprised to find that this one question (Do you prefer the people in your life to be simple or complex?) very strongly predicts a person's ideas on these divisive issues:
Should burning your country's flag be illegal?
Should the death penalty be abolished?
Should gay marriage be legal?
Should Evolution and Creationism be taught side-by-side in schools?
In each case, complexity-preferrers are 65-70% likely to give the Liberal answer. And those who prefer simplicity in others are 65-70% likely to give the Conservative one."
There are more correlations on the site, spelling and grammar annoyances equate with religiousness.
Of course, these are not fool-proof ways, in fact, I wouldn't recommend trusting them to choose a mate. However there is merit to it and it's fascinating nonetheless.
Check out OKCupid. (Hopefully, they release more fascinating correlations.
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