The "Science" of Romance

There's a charming article by Hannah Seligson over at The Daily Beast on the "science" of when to get married. (I've put scare quotes around "science" only because it's not a science at all.) On the one hand, it's rather obvious that making romantic decisions isn't exactly a rational process. Charles Darwin, for instance, made up a spreadsheet of reasons why he should and shouldn't marry Emma Wedgewood.

In the "Marry" column, Darwin entered: "Home and someone to take care of house--Charms of m