The Science of the Friend Zone

Subscribe to Vsauce and follow @tweetsauce for knowledge points! MUSIC BY:   / jakechudnow   Wild Sex episode: http://bit.ly/VNLpGl My episode about how much money love is worth: http://bit.ly/UO91ZJ Can guys and girls just be friends? VIDEO: http://bit.ly/UO8R4H Jenna Marbles on "nice guys" [NSFW language]: http://bit.ly/UOdpIa FRIENDS episode about the Friend's zone: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0583579/ Clip of friend zone moment on FRIENDS: http://bit.ly/10iUITd Know Your Meme on the friend zone: http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/241341... Limerence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerence Bateman's Principle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bateman'... Assortative mating: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assortat... Homogamy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homogamy...) Marshall Fine description of the friend zone: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marshal... Scarcity principle and attraction: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/t... Escaping the friend zone (includes Ben Franklin effect): http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/t... Good article on other reasons we desire what we can't have: http://arabia.msn.com/lifestyle/valen... BOWLING ALONE book: http://bowlingalone.com/ Sad article about friendship decline: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/n... Cyberbalkanization: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-cyber...