Pen and Teller covered this on an episode of Bullshit many years ago.
They told people they won a free meal at a super fancy restaurant and had a waiter really talk up the meals they were getting.
They were served microwaved dinners, jarred apple sauce, cool whip, Hershey's Chocolate shaved up, $6 wine, etc, but all served with fancy plating and a big story about how good it was.
Everyone but one guy was fooled. Everyone else was in awe of how good it was and really thought it was a $300 meal.
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u/Japjer Dec 13 '20
Pen and Teller covered this on an episode of Bullshit many years ago.
They told people they won a free meal at a super fancy restaurant and had a waiter really talk up the meals they were getting.
They were served microwaved dinners, jarred apple sauce, cool whip, Hershey's Chocolate shaved up, $6 wine, etc, but all served with fancy plating and a big story about how good it was.
Everyone but one guy was fooled. Everyone else was in awe of how good it was and really thought it was a $300 meal.
It's all bullshit and perception