Malcolm Gladwell
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Yes, yes, that's true. This happens to me all the time. I won't remember if I need to be exposed to a face, a person on multiple occasions before their face becomes meaningful or even there. I don't know whether their face is becoming meaningful or that I'm developing so many other ways of recognizing them that I feel on safer ground.
Yes, yes, that's true. This happens to me all the time. I won't remember if I need to be exposed to a face, a person on multiple occasions before their face becomes meaningful or even there. I don't know whether their face is becoming meaningful or that I'm developing so many other ways of recognizing them that I feel on safer ground.
No, there's no chance that I will. It's actually funny because I was sitting in my favorite coffee shop and I see this guy who runs the wine shop across the street. His name is Michael. I'd known Michael for years. And I see Michael, or I think it's Michael, and I see a Slender Man in his 50s, about 5'9", with glasses and a baseball cap, across the street from the wine shop.
No, there's no chance that I will. It's actually funny because I was sitting in my favorite coffee shop and I see this guy who runs the wine shop across the street. His name is Michael. I'd known Michael for years. And I see Michael, or I think it's Michael, and I see a Slender Man in his 50s, about 5'9", with glasses and a baseball cap, across the street from the wine shop.
And I think, oh, that's got to be Michael. And I go, Michael! And the guy looks at me like really weird and comes over. And it was like my nightmare. It was like, oh, my God, no, it's not. It's just another dude who's in town who looks a lot like Michael. But that was my system failed. Yeah. It's very rare for me to risk it like that.
And I think, oh, that's got to be Michael. And I go, Michael! And the guy looks at me like really weird and comes over. And it was like my nightmare. It was like, oh, my God, no, it's not. It's just another dude who's in town who looks a lot like Michael. But that was my system failed. Yeah. It's very rare for me to risk it like that.
But I risked it because I thought if Michael thinks... I had the reverse JJ. If Michael thinks I'm ignoring him... then that's really bad because I go to the wine shop all the time and I like Michael.
But I risked it because I thought if Michael thinks... I had the reverse JJ. If Michael thinks I'm ignoring him... then that's really bad because I go to the wine shop all the time and I like Michael.
Yeah, no, no, I do. And it makes me feel bad because I, you know, I mean, I feel for JJ because, It's you in this constant state of worry about that you're going to be perceived as cold or aloof and you're not.
Yeah, no, no, I do. And it makes me feel bad because I, you know, I mean, I feel for JJ because, It's you in this constant state of worry about that you're going to be perceived as cold or aloof and you're not.
After the break, Lucy Sullivan takes us behind the face and into the brain.
After the break, Lucy Sullivan takes us behind the face and into the brain.
You're like the LeBron James of facial recognition.
You're like the LeBron James of facial recognition.
My experience of you is dramatically different than your experience of me. I am forced to find alternate means of recognition. What those of us who have impairment in this area do is we get obsessed with all the other possible cues that we can use to identify somebody. And because they're not as reliable as the face, we're always getting into trouble.