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A few comments without real depth into the particulars.
1. The graph with the horizontal being Feeling and the vertical being Effort. The Point E (equilibrium) shows more a Feeling/Effort ratio of about 2. I don’t know what the units are or how equivalence of the units are determined or defined. The first observation is that a half measure of effort yields a full measure of feeling. And even a slight effort will still yield twice the feeling. That’s hopeful on two counts: 1) not much effort counts double on the feeling engendered; 2) huge efforts (I remember my sister’s first husband would bring flowers every week).. well the feelings might be so large as to be unsustainable. … so overall cool it on the Effort; Feelings are easily maintained.
Next: Downward thrusting efforts can yield twice the power in feelings… so cool it on the negative stuff as well.
Next2: Each graph of Durable relationships might be individual, i.e. each is kind of a finger print of an individual person, female might be more prone to Feeling, and male conditioned to Effort. Overlapping them, adding, subtracting, etc. can yield the group dynamic….
Next3: Now add a kid: there’s a lot of extra Effort, and Feeling might really be off the chart. Anything you can do to reduce the Effort (Breastfeeding, e.g.) is a great boon to the stability of the ‘Durable Relationship’. Keeping nagging relatives and distractions at the minimum are also a plus to the E spot…. Equilibrium
Next4: Really getting along on a level basis before adding the kids is good, but if the E is not there, a good time to ‘bye-bye, bucko’ is in order. Too often the kid seems to get the biological jump on the relationship… and therefore staying calm is a good measure for the success of the union.
Next5: There’s a real dynamic possibility to this durable relationship model (see Figure 3 in the following link) where the E spot travels along that E asymptote. It could be linked into our feelings of individual and mutual certainty as defined by a certain progress (my work) which this would be cool to expand upon.
Next6: I really am not crazy about the whole ‘thermodynamics’ of this theory just because this Effort/Feeling measurements are not like ‘steam engines’. The inputs are so variable and strange, unique and subtile, that our measurement of them can, like Heisenberg might observe, changes the nature or momentum or actual point of E. So add a bit of fuzziness to this whole thing… and wallaah, run with it.
Next7: If this gives any male the confidence to pursue that ‘true’ feeling, and if this can guide the female into focus upon the ‘true’ effort that the male feeling is capable of , and feeling correlates with Feeling, effort with Effort, then it’s a good thing … especially for the society, pediatrician and teachers, etc. Losers will be infant formula, divorce lawyers, psychiatrist, etc.
PLoS ONE: A Mathematical Model of Sentimental Dynamics Accounting for Marital Dissolution
