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KD Since: May, 2009
2023-10-03 09:46:59

If it is a sci-fi device that's pointed toward the people and it shows "99.8%", then it sounds like Thing-O-Meter. A "Compatibility-O-Meter", if you will.

Edited by KD
PCD Since: May, 2021
2023-10-03 11:23:22

There's an old episode of, I think, The Man From Uncle in which compatability was determined by filling in data on people to a computer (old NASA-style, natch) and the machine spat out the results pairing two people. Is this the sort of thing you want?

Synchronicity MOD (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2023-10-03 11:26:55

^^Hm, that may have to do for now, but I kinda like the idea of fiction trying to quantify love/attraction/compatibility so I might hang on to it for a future TLP if there's nothing more specific.

^ Maybe! I think I've also kind of seen "genetic compatibility" measured similarly in some fiction.

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