The next time someone tells you that you look average, thank them. Why? On the street, Jack Porway, who is the host of National Geographic Channel's The Numbers Game, surprised a lot of people on the street when he conducted an experiment. He stuck up five male and five female pictures and had passersby vote on the most beautiful and handsome person by sticking hearts on the pictures. In the end, the third picture on each side won.
Then, Porway surprised everyone. He dropped the curtains to reveal just four people on each side. Missing from each side was the person in picture three, which was the one everyone thought was the best looking. The reason for this was because picture number three was not real. Instead, the third picture was just a composite of all four of the other people. In studies around the world and in Porway's experiment, people prefer the average composite rather than an actual person.
Another test that Porway does on The Numbers Game is called the bystander effect. In a restaurant with hidden cameras, an actor falls on the floor. Porway tests to see how long it takes individual people or groups of people to help the fallen man. He finds that people who are eating alone help the man in three seconds or less. However, those in groups tend to take three times as long, which can be almost 10 seconds. The bystander effect shows that people in groups look at each other first to see if someone else is going to help. This delays their decision to step up to be a hero. Learn about money, sex, marriage, and mortality on The Numbers Game this month on NGC.
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