Boutique Pedals? Nah... Boutique Wines

[RoboPimp]

yes, tag is a perfect example of a "wine taster"

[Ryan.]

I think the example provided is more of a study on the power of persuasion.

Like those tests where 5 people are to decide whether a 6 foot tall man is taller than a 5 foot tall man, but 4 have been told to say the 5 foot tall man is obviously taller, so the 5th person goes against their better judgement and says the same.

[mlabbee]

those experiments are for real - I've seen tests where they give people wine in opaque sippy cups and the participants typically can't tell if it's white or red. I think that just proves we taste with all our senses, though - including vision.

 

On the cost thing, I believe they've actually done brain scans that show the brain reacting differently based on the perceived cost of the wine being consumed. Apparently, we are conditioned to like expensive things :-)

 

All that has done is encourage me to buy more expensive wines to satisfy my highly conditioned brain - and use very clear glasses :-)

[sonda01]

wines and pedals have more in common than i thought.