The Science Of Attractiveness | Dr. Mike Israetel

The Checkup with Doctor Mike

DM Operations Inc.

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 202 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

INCOGNI Deal: To get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan, go to http://www.incogni.com/doctormike

I'll teach you how to become the media's go-to expert in your field. Enroll in The Professional's Media Academy now: https://www.professionalsmediaacademy.com/

00:00 Intro

3:45 Lying about attractiveness

17:10 Are unattractive people “broken”?

23:50 Does attractiveness matter?

28:30 Good Will Hunting

32:57 Love at first sight

41:06 Are his words dangerous?

43:00 Lizzo4

7:03 Dating apps

49:50 Disney Princesses

54:38 Taboos

1:00:35 Weight vs. Height

1:07:45 Cultural Norms / Hollywood

1:13:10 Breasts and Teeth

1:21:45 How to change yourself

1:39:00 Why does he care?

1:44:50 "You're beautiful"

1:54:12 His plastic surgery

2:13:17 Doing unhealthy things

2:24:10 Having children

2:37:05 None of it matters

2:40:07 Plastic surgery for children

2:47:27 How he's perceived

2:57:14 Future

3:00:04 RFK Jr. + Politics

Help us continue the fight against medical misinformation and change the world through charity by becoming a Doctor Mike Resident on Patreon where every month I donate 100% of the proceeds to the charity, organization, or cause of your choice! Residents get access to bonus content, an exclusive discord community, and many other perks for just $10 a month. Become a Resident today:https://www.patreon.com/doctormike

Let’s connect:

IG: https://go.doctormikemedia.com/instagram/DMinstagram

Twitter: https://go.doctormikemedia.com/twitter/DMTwitter

FB: https://go.doctormikemedia.com/facebook/DMFacebook

TikTok: https://go.doctormikemedia.com/tiktok/DMTikTok

Reddit: https://go.doctormikemedia.com/reddit/DMReddit

Contact Email: [email protected]

Executive Producer: Doctor Mike

Production Director and Editor: Dan Owens

Managing Editor and Producer: Sam Bowers

Editor and Designer: Caroline Weigum

Editor: Juan Carlos Zuniga

* Select photos/videos provided by Getty Images *

** The information in this video is not intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images, and information, contained in this video is for general information purposes only and does not replace a consultation with your own doctor/health professional **

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	I was at a college party once.
0:03.0	And there's tons of people in the party,
0:06.0	guys, girls, everyone, you know, just college.
0:08.0	There was a poster on the wall.
0:10.0	It wasn't very big.
0:13.0	But it said no fat chicks.
0:17.0	I remember turning my head at one point during the party
0:20.0	and I saw two girls standing there well away from the picture.
0:25.7	And they were chatting, having fun.
0:28.0	And they were both like, like they were fat.
0:30.9	I'm not going to fucking walk around it.
0:32.6	I wondered at the time, and I've wondered many times since, what it would feel like to read that mid-conversation
0:39.9	with someone at the party. Like, it can't feel good. By a certain age, if you are not
0:50.0	conventionally attractive or at least like decent, you start to learn subconsciously or consciously
0:54.6	that all of these things that people live in their lives, romance, interaction, things like that,
0:58.9	they're just not for you. That is a giant unmitigated tragedy. The aesthetic revolution,
1:05.8	using biology and technology and all of our best efforts, whatever the hell you brought with
1:10.0	your biology, however you look, we're going to make it a little bit better and then better and then better
1:14.8	until you look like what you want. And then those people will have a psychological healing
1:22.2	that is unprecedented. That means there's some kind of pre-assumption that those who are
1:26.5	unattractive are broken.
1:28.7	You believe that?
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from DM Operations Inc., and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of DM Operations Inc. and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.