Probably needless to say but this only works as long as you don't care about the person in front of you. If your expectations of a dating life consist of "getting lucky" with random hot strangers this is a good strategy because there is an endless supply of random hot strangers available. Of course, women adore confidence above many other traits; so the good news is you can train for it, but I think it's foolish to forget that this is a fundamentally empty experience.<p>I also believe if there is something most people have too much of, it's confidence and a disproportional sense of superiority. We waste a lot of effort trying to seem exceptional instead of trying to become more exceptional.<p>Nothing illustrates this as well as people who consider themselves hot. Dealing with people who think they're hot is a grating experience, even later on during the relationship. Is it really a good idea to work on making yourself more accessible to them?
Nothing surprising here. Read anything else on being a pick up artist and you find the same results. What these sort of exercises ultimately achieve is confidence in approaching and <i>engaging</i> with complete strangers in conversation--male or female, hot or ugly. Social skills that most of us don't "naturally" possess--nerd or otherwise.<p>We all know it works, it's just easier said than done for most people.
Reminds of of HN frequenter Jason Shen's rejection therapy. It's all about getting over the initial reptilian fear, or resistance. Also see "Do The Work" by Steven Pressfield, dedicated fully to this "resistance".
Cool experiment but I actually found his about page a lot more interesting and, perhaps, HN-appropriate: <a href="http://www.ndoherty.com/about/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ndoherty.com/about/</a>