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If you were walking down the street and saw your Doppelgänger, would you instantly recognize them? You see yourself most days in the mirror but that's a very li
by Mountain_Skies 4y ago
If you were walking down the street and saw your Doppelgänger, would you instantly recognize them? You see yourself most days in the mirror but that's a very limited context. Seeing "yourself" walking down the street towards you, would you know who they remind you of?
- fluoridation 4y agoI think I'd be too distracted by puffy-tailed dogs.
- MiddleEndian 4y agoHERE PUFF!
- anotherman554 4y agoI think if I saw my doppelganger I'd think, at a minimum "He has a familiar looking face". I'd probably also think, at a minimum, "I've seen that guy around somewhere before."
- treis 4y agoThese faces aren't really that similar. The doppelganger effect is mostly coming from similar clothing, hair style, facial hair, glasses, and so on. To use an example, look closely at the features one by one of the two men. Individually they're all pretty significantly different. But your eyes gloss over the differences because the hair, glasses, and beard are nearly identical. However those are all changeable features. Grow the hair out, shave the beard, and lose the glasses on one of them and they'd be far less doppelgangery.
- quitit 4y agothe same way you recognise yourself in a mirror
- crowquill 4y agoI would for sure. I often come across similar looking persons (height, haircut, style, etc.) and it’s kinda awkward enough, I don’t think I wouldn’t realize I’m in front of my doppelgänger.
- pessimizer 4y agoI'm sure it depends on the person. A lot of people spend a lot of time staring at their own faces in the mirror and carefully examining hundreds or thousands of photographs of themselves. Whereas I'm pretty sure that my doppelganger would vaguely remind me of someone, and a day or two later I'd realize the person they reminded me of was me.
- rzzzt 4y agoIs my Doppelgänger an enantiomorph?
- mywittyname 4y agoI've had this happen to me. It's pretty uncanny actually. I didn't stop to chat with him, but I could absolutely tell by the expression on his face that he was thinking the exact same thing as me. There's also a local news caster that looks dead on me (albeit, with nicer hair). So much so that multiple people have sent me pictures of the person. It's very weird to see "yourself" on TV. So, to answer your question: yes.
- dwighttk 4y agoYeah not me… I always wonder what is going on in movies when the character immediately recognizes themselves.