At least according to a recent study.
The Boston University researchers have taken on the task of no less than deciphering what it takes for a person to develop attraction toward another person, as he writes: Interesting geometry.
It also examines the subject from a business point of view Charles Chu According to his team’s observations, in most cases the degree of similar interest and attraction were directly proportional to each other, so the more common interests and/or characteristics, the greater the attraction.
Experts trace all of this back to the essentialist view, but also to intrinsic psychology. The gist of this is that many people believe that there is a certain inner force or value judgment that drives them, and for this very reason they assume that this happens to others as well.
It doesn’t take much for attraction to develop: anything from the most trivial shared interests to the same set of values can suffice. According to the essentialist view, if we agree with someone on one property, we must also share the rooted object.
It’s often the case that we don’t like someone because of some choices, though we may be compatible in many other ways, said Chu.
