How You Recognize Faces & The Way to Think More Clearly

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Science, Self-improvement, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Education

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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How your food tastes depends on a lot of things that have nothing to do with the food itself. I begin this episode by revealing how things such as the lighting, the weight of utensils and the color of the plate can impact how much you enjoy your meal. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/12/31/370397449/food-psychology-how-to-trick-your-palate-into-a-tastier-meal# When you recognize a person, chances are it is the face you recognize. How does that work exactly? What is it about the face? How much of a person’s face do you have to see in order to recognize them? Some people are really good at recognizing a face while others are totally face blind. Have you ever wondered how facial recognition software works? Well, all of this is tackled by my guest Sharrona Pearl, an associate professor of medical ethics and history at Drexel University and author of the book Do I Know You?: From Face Blindness to Super Recognition (https://amzn.to/3TWc0VX). When you put your mind to it, you probably think quite clearly. However, much of the time our brain is on autopilot and our clear thinking suffers. So how can you think more clearly, make better decisions, and do the right thing? Here with some insight and advice on that is Shane Parrish. He is an entrepreneur whose insights are used by Fortune 500 companies and many major professional sports teams. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and others. He hosts a podcast called The Knowledge Project https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/ and he is author of the book, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results (https://amzn.to/3Hl0FHj) There are people who claim they can drink coffee before bed and it doesn’t affect their sleep at all. Can that be true? Listen as I explain what one top sleep specialist has to say about that. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/shift-worker-alert-curb-t_b_386058 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! NerdWallet lets you compare top travel credit cards side-by-side to maximize your spending! Compare and find smarter credit cards, savings accounts, and more today at https://NerdWallet.com Indeed is offering SYSK listeners a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to get your jobs more visibility at https://Indeed.com/SOMETHING TurboTax Experts make all your moves count — filing with 100% accuracy and getting your max refund, guaranteed! See guarantee details at https://TurboTax.com/Guarantees Dell Technologies and Intel are pushing what technology can do, so great ideas can happen! Find out how to bring your ideas to life at https://Dell.com/WelcomeToNow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:22.3	Find out how to bring your ideas to life at
0:25.0	Dell.com slash welcome to now.
0:29.0	Today on something you should know, how the environment where you eat can affect the way your food tastes,
0:38.0	then the science of how we recognize faces. Some of us are really good at it and some are totally
0:45.4	faceblind. Somebody use for family faceblind sends their kid to daycare in
0:49.6	the morning and one outfit and their kid. As kids do, needs a change of clothing. That parent might not be able
0:55.8	to recognize their kid at pickup.
0:58.0	Also, is it true some people can drink coffee right before bed and be completely unaffected by it.
1:05.0	And how to set rules to think more clearly and accomplish what's important.
1:10.0	How can we create automatic rules? I work out every day. I have no meetings till 12.
1:15.2	I invest in an index fund every month to come up with them. Just ask yourself,
1:18.9	what would the person who accomplishes, what I want to accomplish? What would their life look like and how do I set
1:24.2	rules around this.
1:25.8	All this today on something you should know.
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1:37.0	Did you maybe buy a second property to rent out? That's a move.
1:42.0	Did you go back to school to get your degree? That's a move. Did you go back to school to get your degree? That too is a move, a smart move.
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