Who said higher math wouldn’t help you in real life?
Oh man, I am so putting this on a T-shirt.
This equation is the result of research at Manchester University into the “beer goggles” effect on perception of attractiveness. Here’s the key to formula:
- An = number of units of alcohol consumed
- S = smokiness of the room (graded from 0-10, where 0 clear air; 10 extremely smoky)
- L = luminance of ‘person of interest’ (candelas per square metre; typically 1 pitch black; 150 as seen in normal room lighting)
- Vo = Snellen visual acuity (6/6 normal; 6/12 just meets driving standard)
- d = distance from ‘person of interest’ (metres; 0.5 to 3 metres)
For more information you can go read the article at the BBC–or, the extra-classy reportage at The Sun.
Here’s the salient bit:
A formula rating of less than one means no effect. Between one and 50 the person you would normally find unattractive appears less “visually offensive”.
Non-appealing people become suddenly attractive between 51 and 100. At more than 100, someone not considered attractive looks like a super model.
The funniest thing in the article though is this:
The research was commissioned by eyecare firm Bausch & Lomb PureVision.
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Trish
December 1st, 2005 at 12:22 pm
I would buy one of those T-Shirts, even though it would get me ridiculed by my ‘farmeratti’ friends…
April 6th, 2006 at 9:21 am
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