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appalachiablue

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9. The professor's ability is definitely the extreme end and rare. Are
Sat Mar 7, 2020, 09:21 AM
Mar 2020

you familiar with the neurological condition 'face blindness' or prosopagnosia? Many people have it or years but don't realize, and some have become successful in life in spite of it-- Jane Goodall, the British primatologist, Steve Wosniak with Apple, etc.

There's also people with 'super powers' as described in this BBC article-- because of their neurological and psychological conditions some can remember practically everything that's happened in their life; others can't feel emotional or physical pain which could be dangerous; there are people who have brains like computers, crammed with data and info. that they can't forget.

It covers some interesting topics, both positive and negative. ~ Everyone has deficits and shortcomings, we just have to appreciate and work with what we have I think.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopagnosia

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/26/meet-the-super-humans-four-people-describe-their-extraordinary-powers

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