Finally an explanation for this guy's superintelligence. Turns out that he couln't remember faces. That means that our capability for recongizing faces must take a lot of processing power for the brain, and Neumann just used that extra processing power for other things.
https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=BDC6VOVzHykC&pg=PT174&lpg=PT174&dq=john+von+neumann+%22remember+faces%22&source=bl&ots=sWI9y15nce&sig=NzE9-f7qTSEyH4D8osGrrvaAQIk&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjUgobi2o7UAhXG6yYKHY76DlEQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=john%20von%20neumann%20%22remember%20faces%22&f=false
>>8937661
I do not think so, there are millions of brainlets out there right now who are unable to recognize faces
I'm faceblind. It fucking sucks. I recognize people by their gait and their voice. If someone changes their hair or makeup, I can't recognize them. There have been times that I wasn't sure if a girl was my GF or someone who looked similar.
>>8937896
shit that never happened
>>8937896
I'm bad with faces too. Great at categorizing them- I can tell rhe difference between different European ethnic facial types. Can tell Mongolian from Thai from Japanese, too. But different people with the same ethnicity? Fucks me up every time. Had a lot of awkward moments where I've bumped into classmates in public and wasn't sure I knew them.
>>8937896
>implying you had a gf
what language is this?
wtf is a .mx?
fucking peasants this is an american board
>>8938125
Mexico es americo
>>8938125
Dumb whiny Amerishart.
>>8938071
He had three actually, they exchanged place frequently but he never knew that.
>>8938028
Claiming prosopagnosia is the same as being "bad with faces" is like saying severe autism is the same as being "bad with people".