I’m not much of a measurement guy. Yet, I understand how researchers must come up with silly stuff to garner the favor of those folks offering grants. My guess is, a team of seasoned researchers goes out to a local pub for a beer or two to get their creative juices flowing.
Here is one result. No kidding. This was an actual funded research project to determine how many hours it takes to form (a) a friendship, (b) a good friend and (c) a best friend. Their conclusions: (a) 112 hours, (b) 223 hours and (c) 737 hours.
How crazy is that? Measuring friendship in number of invested hours is like putting a dollar value on a beautiful sunrise. (“Sorry John, we are 483 hours short before you qualify as one of my best friends.”)
My takeaway is that some things just can’t be measured and shouldn’t be.
Putting a clock on developing friendships is one of them.
The good life