Lucy Sullivan

Like, for instance, when I notice that a passing character in a 2001 episode of Sex and the City is the guy who, spoiler alert, gets murdered in the first season of the show White Lotus 20 years later. Face-blind people can't find their friends on the street, while I sometimes walk past someone that I recognize as my high school friend's cousin who I've only seen pictures of.

Like, for instance, when I notice that a passing character in a 2001 episode of Sex and the City is the guy who, spoiler alert, gets murdered in the first season of the show White Lotus 20 years later. Face-blind people can't find their friends on the street, while I sometimes walk past someone that I recognize as my high school friend's cousin who I've only seen pictures of.

In one of our early calls, I told Degutis about my theory. And being the good scientist he is, he wasn't sold right away.

In one of our early calls, I told Degutis about my theory. And being the good scientist he is, he wasn't sold right away.

He needed cold, hard data, not random BuzzFeed quizzes. So I hopped on Zoom with his research assistant, Kayla Kusel, and took a three-hour battery of tests designed to definitively say whether or not I was a super recognizer. All right, so the next one is called Face Name. You can go ahead and click on that link. The test started off super easy. I was breezing through.

He needed cold, hard data, not random BuzzFeed quizzes. So I hopped on Zoom with his research assistant, Kayla Kusel, and took a three-hour battery of tests designed to definitively say whether or not I was a super recognizer. All right, so the next one is called Face Name. You can go ahead and click on that link. The test started off super easy. I was breezing through.

So they're showing me that same face from, like, different angles. And I would say that is extremely easy. But things got weirder as the hours went on, and I started to get a little stressed.

So they're showing me that same face from, like, different angles. And I would say that is extremely easy. But things got weirder as the hours went on, and I started to get a little stressed.

I had to do things like remember jobs and names of people whose faces would flash across the screen really quickly. And at one point I was matching spiky blobs with other spiky blobs. That one was so hard.

I had to do things like remember jobs and names of people whose faces would flash across the screen really quickly. And at one point I was matching spiky blobs with other spiky blobs. That one was so hard.

Kayla and I wrapped up, and she said they'd get back to me in a few days with my results. I was eager to hear them and unsure of what they would be. By the end, I didn't think I did very well, and I was kind of embarrassed about the whole charade. What if I was just average? A few days later, the verdict was in. Degutis and I hopped on a Zoom call to go over my results.

Kayla and I wrapped up, and she said they'd get back to me in a few days with my results. I was eager to hear them and unsure of what they would be. By the end, I didn't think I did very well, and I was kind of embarrassed about the whole charade. What if I was just average? A few days later, the verdict was in. Degutis and I hopped on a Zoom call to go over my results.

Okay, I have to admit, I was over the moon at being called the complete package. I said, please, go on.

Okay, I have to admit, I was over the moon at being called the complete package. I said, please, go on.

Oh, that one was so hard.

Oh, that one was so hard.

Getting my suspicions confirmed was so gratifying. It was cool to know that I have this superpower. Less than 2% of people can say the same. I had to share all this with Malcolm.

Getting my suspicions confirmed was so gratifying. It was cool to know that I have this superpower. Less than 2% of people can say the same. I had to share all this with Malcolm.

He did say I was a complete package. So I will also take LeBron James if you want to call me that. I'm not going to argue.

He did say I was a complete package. So I will also take LeBron James if you want to call me that. I'm not going to argue.