> http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/we-experiment-on-human-beings/ http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/we-experiment-on-human-bei... I found the referenced artic

> http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/we-experiment-on-human-beings/ http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/we-experiment-on-human-bei... I found the referenced article to OkCupid rather interesting. It seems that if you can block people from visually seeing each other, until the actual blind date, then even very attractive women report having a great time with very plain men. So it seems that while people will almost invariably filter and match each other on looks if that option is open (which it usually is these days), but at the end of the day, looks are not important if you can meet in person first.