Play #22 - The Race to Mediocrity

There’s probably some pretty cool science behind it, but I don’t know what it is. What I do know is that it’s freakishly common for longtime couples/lovers to meld into one. I guess that’s a good thing. But its still funny looking. We start to look and dress alike. I’ve entered that phase.

One of nature’s cruel jokes of aging is what statisticians tout as a well-known principle: regression to the mean. Paraphrased, it means that over time we progress toward mediocrity. So, if at all possible, pick someone easier on the eyes than you, so that you have some hope 30 years hence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_to_the_mean