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I doubt it’s either of those. I can recognize a person at a distance but ask me to describe if their nose bridge is wider or narrower and I literally wouldn’t b

I doubt it’s either of those. I can recognize a person at a distance but ask me to describe if their nose bridge is wider or narrower and I literally wouldn’t be able to tell you unless it’s significantly exaggerated.

webmaven 5y ago
The question should be, if shown an example nose drawing could you say whether the bridge should be wider or narrower? Or if shown two noses with different width bridges, can you point to the one that is closer to being right? Police sketch artist scenes in movies and TV shows are incredibly abbreviated compared to reality, which often features a lot more iteration and discarded sketches precisely because a lot of people are in the "I'll know it when I see it" group.
- bserge 5y ago
  That explains it. Yeah, I'd be able to point to something that's closer to what I saw.