Friday, February 9, 2007

'Beer goggles' effect explained

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.

• 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)

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3 Comments:

At February 18, 2007 11:56 AM , Nadia said...

There is not enough infomation to complete this equation. What is the vaiable before (S+1)? And where is "d" in the equation?

 
At February 18, 2007 11:57 AM , Nadia said...

OK, I misspelled the word "variable" It happens when I get excited!!

 
At February 18, 2007 12:04 PM , Beegs said...

The variable before the (S+1) is supposed to be a "d".....

 

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