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Young Scientists in Love
Lonely Chinese researchers isolated by shyness and long lab hours now have
an online dating service designed just for them.
Building 88 http://www.sciencedate.cn/ aims to become a “soul harbor” for young Chinese scientists, its Web site explains. Spearheaded by Science Times Media Group, which also runs the popular Chinese-language news portal Sciencenet. cn, the service takes its name from a fabled Beijing dormitory that became a meet-up spot for Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers in the 1990s.
Today's scientists lack such gathering places, says site coordinator Wu Hao,
and thus have a “more intense need” for social interaction than Chinese
pursuing other careers. “The social circles of young Chinese scientists are
often limited to other people in their [immediate] field,” Wu explains.
That may be no accident. A questionnaire Science Times distributed to 1243
young scientists revealed roughly 70% of highly educated respondents suffer
from social anxiety, Wu says. Building 88 broadens the pool of potential
paramours for introverts to include Chinese researchers both within China
and all over the world.
Since its launch in January, the site has grown to 1000 users, most of them
between the ages of 20 and 35. Whether an online portal can help draw them
out of their shells is still an experiment in progress; many scientists have
unusually high standards, Wu notes. And as one 31-year-old Beijing
scientist puts it on his Building 88 profile: “Dating is just like
scientific research: Only when you're excited about it do you get results.” |
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