Do "Beer Goggles" Actually Make People More Attractive? | MythBusters

The beer goggles myth has been the go-to explanation for questionable decisions since approximately the invention of alcohol, and Adam, Jamie and Kari decided the only scientifically responsible approach was to set up a makeshift bar in the workshop, establish sober baseline attractiveness ratings for a set of photographs, and then repeat the exact same test at escalating blood alcohol levels to find out whether the numbers actually move in the way everyone has always claimed, because MythBusters doesn't accept conventional wisdom without data, and the data in this episode required Adam to sit at a bar and rate photographs while Jamie told him to leave him alone, and somewhere in the middle of all that a genuinely interesting answer emerged. Subscribe so you never miss an experiment:    / @mythbusterstvshow   Using science as their weapon and curiosity as their fuel, Hollywood special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman spent 14 seasons and 296 episodes testing the world's most popular myths, urban legends, and movie moments. From the Diet Coke & Mentos explosion to surviving an underwater car escape — if it can be tested, they'll test it. #MythBusters #AdamSavage #ScienceExperiments