What Is Face Blindness? – Science Friday

kimbureh:

I did the faceblindness test and scored with amazing 93%, whereas 80% are the average. No faceblindness then. But it makes me wondering, what else it might be? I can look at people I know for years and sometimes they just seem so alien to me. If I see people on the street I have to stare to make sure it’s not person xyz SO DAMN OFTEN. Ugh. But then again I spent literally years drawing nothing but faces, over and over and over again. Nothing else. Just faces. looking back i wonder what kind of obsession that was because I hardly ever drew anything else.

I got a 75% 

I dunno what to think. I work in a place with a lot of employees that I meet randomly. Sometimes once every few months, others every few weeks, and I’m So bad at remembering them. I mean, I suppose I know if it’s a person I saw before, but remembering which names go with what faces, no way. So, maybe it’s not about me not recognizing their faces then? Just remembering the name that goes with… ? 

Cause, it’s not infrequent for me to pick out characters in shows that I have seen elsewhere. I watch things all the time and go ‘Oh, that minor character there played this minor part here! How cool!’ ¯_(ツ)_/¯ 

What Is Face Blindness? – Science Friday