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I envy people like this.

• Alex3917 17y ago
  Me too. Cocktail parties are hell for me. Usually if I'm talking to someone I just memorize what shirt they're wearing. I can remember someone's face once I've seen them three or four times, but before that I have a lot of trouble with certain people. I have friends on the other hand that can recognize hundreds of people just walking down the street, people they've only met once in an elevator or something like that. It drives me crazy.
  • byrneseyeview 17y ago
    I have the same issue. Perhaps there's a market for "seeing-eye friends" who can subtly tell people about social cues, recognizable faces, etc.
    • hugothefrog 17y ago
      Here are a couple of really interesting web pages about 'face blindness'. http://www.choisser.com/faceblind/ http://www.choisser.com/faceblind/ http://www.prosopagnosia.com/main/stones/index.asp http://www.prosopagnosia.com/main/stones/index.asp
    • sethg 17y ago
      Robert Reed wrote a lovely SF novella, "Do I Know You?" (published in 1993), set on a space station where everybody has a brain implant that lets them look up basic biographical information about everyone they meet (at least, every other station resident). A long-term visitor to the station is jealous of how everybody there seems to be a close personal friend of everyone else, and gets the implant for himself. Hijinks ensue.