Are You A Super-Recognizer?

You could have a

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power and not even know it. Let's talk about that. ♪(intro music)♪ Good morning mythical. The fifth episode of Buddy System is now available on YouTube Red, so check it out. We go to a magic show with our friend Maxwell, who calls himself a magician, and they may or may not put us in a box and turn us into a woman. You'll have to look and find out. It's all kinds of fun. Mythical beasts, we asked you to ask us questions about memory. And you remembered to do it. Milli in the dark asks, "How can you memorize what someone's face looks like?

It's not like I've memorized yours or anything." - (laughs) - Oh, I get a little creepy. It's okay, Milli. What if I told you? There were

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heroes who fight crime, who walk among us and who, in real life, actually have the ability to memorize faces and recognize any face they have seen in the past, - Hm mm - in the present. . I know you to the point that it's almost creepy, and I would say it's a supernatural power. Well... (laughs). Is it supernatural? - I would say it's supernatural. These people are called Super Recognizers, - Hm mm and it's a developed part of the brain that, you may have heard of the condition - called face blindness, - Yeah, where a certain part of the brain doesn't allow people to see. faces, sometimes they even recognize their own face.

Well, it turns out that this is a spectrum of a condition, that the other end of the seesaw is being a Super Recognizer. - And Scotland Yard, in London, - My favorite garden. is the first police force to have a dedicated committee of Super Recognizers, who fight crime simply by being able to recognize people, such as mugshots or images of people in the act of committing a crime later... Because, you know , There are so many CCTV images and cameras... - Oh, that's my favorite channel, CCTV. - cameras all over London. So they're capturing people all the time... - I get drunk all the time. - Sometimes, even when they are off duty, they say: "That person is a robber." So they're like sitting in a room somewhere, watching CCTV. - Yes. - To see if they can recognize the criminals? - Or just get on with your lives? - Where do I sign?

Well, here's the thing, you can be a Super Recognizer, and you can be one and not know it. - Good. There's an online test you can take that establishes a baseline by which you can say, "Maybe I could be a Super Recognizer." And I'll take you, Rhett, through a series of tests, - starting with that one, - Okay. to see if you could fight crime. - Oh, I can fight crime. - as Super Recognizer. - It's time to, - ♪(Creepy music)♪ Are you a Supercalifragilisticexpial Recognizer? Alright, so the online test, which I'll let you do in a second, like I said, establishes a baseline, but just to give you an idea of ​​how it works, look at this face and memorize it. (Rhett) Is it Eddie or Alex? - (Link) I don't know, just memorize it. - (Rhett) Uhh... - (Link) Well, I know it's Alex. - (Rhett) Alex!

Okay, and then in the test they will show you a series of pictures, so look at them and tell me which frame (Link) has the face you memorized. - (Rhett) Not the front row. - (Link) I know it's hard, - (Link) but do it. - (Rhett) Oh! Six. - Yes. - It's the sixth square. - You're right. - (ding sound) It took me a second, but I understood it. You passed the first test. I don't know if you noticed, - (Link) but all the other boxes are cats. - (Rhett) Oh! You know what, now that I look at it again...

The online test is a little harder, and it gets harder and harder, but look how many points you can get. I'll let you do the test now. The link is in the description if you want to grab it now or when you're done. - Alright. - Go ahead, Rhett. - Where is? On your laptop. (clock ticking) (Link) Okay, and now Rhett has finished his test. Rhett, what did you get? I haven't tried it in a while. You can say. Yes, my God! I just had to test myself. Did you... was it difficult? - What did you write down? - It was difficult.

I got a thirteen out of fourteen. - (Link) Wow! - I am a Super Recognizer. Case closed. Game over. Sign up, Scotland. If you get ten or more, it's ten or more, right? So that establishes a baseline that you could be a Super Recognizer. And I'm already Scottish. But... Well, it's in London. But the patio is Scottish. Well, that's the name of the street, yes. But listen, you're not a Super Recognizer yet. I'll run some more tests on you and, you know, we'll see if you get any closer. So let's move on to the next one. - This is Mooney's test. - Uh-oh!

I will show you three black and white images. - These are not going to be cigarette butts. - I haven't done that in a while either. And... It could be a butt. And you'll have to tell me what the face is. Ready? Let's do it. (Link) What's the face. One, two or three? - (Link) Do you see a face? - (Rhett) Oh, yes. A man. - You are right. - (ding sound) Three is like a moose flexing its biceps. You see it? - (Rhett) Yes. - I don't know what two is. Here's another one. (Link) What's the face? (Rhett) Two?

Two is the face. (Rhett) One is an upside down face, but two are like a witch's face - (Rhett) says like this (strained sound). - (Link) You know what? - They are all faces. - I agree with you, the correct answer is one, but I'm going to give it to you for two, because I also see the witch's face, so I'm going to give you that one. - (ding sound) - And here's the third one. What is... This one is a little different? (Link) Find the image of Leonardo DiCaprio with a bulldog. (Rhett) Leo with a bulldog is in the middle, because there's a guy with a Saint Bernard - (Rhett) on the far right. - (Link) And what about the left? (Rhett) The left is a backwards monkey and a slug. (everyone laughs) - Okay, Rhett, you're wrong. - (ring sound) Two is A.J. of the Backstreet Boys.

Three was Leonardo DiCaprio with a bulldog, and that was John Stamos kissing Don Rickles (Rhett). Oh come on, that was a fucking Saint Bernard on that thing. - But there is still hope. - Upside down monkey and a slug. - (team laughter) - We'll keep all your scores here. That becomes a lot more fun when you know what it is. Now let's move on to object recognition. I will show you a series of five bathrooms. - Memorize them. - Do I have to live in Scotland? - Can I live there? - It is in London. - (crew laughs) - But yes, you have to live there. - In a room, with a lot of televisions. - Well. - You'll love it. - I like that. - I will not be there. - Alright.

It will be my sabbatical year. My next gap year. Alright, here are your five bathrooms, memorize them. You have a little time with each one. Tell me what you think. Moving fast. You like that? - (crew laughs) - What's up with this one? - So simple. - Look at that, there's another bathroom. - I love bathrooms. - I have another one for you. - Woo, look at that. Do you like what? - I don't normally see it from that angle. - Hmm. What's up with that angle? - Yes, never enter at that angle. - That's nice, right?

Alright, now I'm going to show you ten toilets and you tell me which ones are new and scary toilets. - And what are the old news bathrooms. - Scary? Well, they don't have to be scary, just new bathrooms. - Well. - Ready? - Here you have. - I didn't see that one. - I... I saw that one. - (ding sound) - I saw that one. - (ding sound) - I didn't see that one. - You're doing well so far. - I saw that one. - (ding sound) - I saw that one. - (ding sound) - I didn't see that one. - That one is dirty, isn't it? - (Stevie laughs) - I didn't see that one.

I didn't see that one. I didn't see that... Oh, I did see that one, but I didn't have a dookie. - (ding sound) - (screams) Oh yeah! Between the first and second round, someone took a duse there. Hey! He was right? - I think you got everything right. - Yes. Super Recognizer, you can't fool me with the dookie. We're not done yet, we move on to the third round. I'm calling this, where's the Wald team? Hey, are there people from Scotland watching? - Yes. - Because I want you to understand... Everyone is watching, they have nothing to do with Scotland Yard.

I am of your loins. You know what I'm talking? I come from your seed. So... I mean, I'm already halfway there. The rest of the seed is filled out by the fact that I am clearly demonstrating that I am amazing at this and that they could replace all their people just because of me. Actually, it's a burden to be a Super Recognizer, because... - Well, let me tell you that. - have-- Super Recognizers have to act as if they don't know the people they know, to counter - Who are you? - the way they seem to intimately know people they've never met, but just saw their faces like fifteen years ago.

So you're signing up for something you could fight crime with, but there's a burden. - Here is the last round. - How much is the salary? I want to apply your skills to some real-life hardened criminals, okay? that is, spot the Mythical Crew member in the crowd. - Not ready? Find the mythical crew member. (Link) Do you see it? See him or her? Where? (Rhett) Yeah, I see Mike, in the leather jacket, right there. - (Link) Yes, you are right! - (ding sound) - (Rhett) To the left. - (Link) There it is. I'm breaking the law by selling pirated copies of Finding Mrs.

Locklear. - (Rhett) (laughs) - Two for one. Get them while they're hot. - (Rhett) Wow! How the hell? That? - (Link) Came to life! This is how London's CCTV cameras work. Wait. Now I'm scared. That seemed demonic. Yeah, that's cool, man. We have to catch him, he is selling our movie. What kind of technology is that? Alright, find another Mythical Crew member. (Rhett) Oh my god. This is not easy. (Rhett) There are so many to choose from. (Link) No, there is only one. There are many people, (Link) but we only know one of them. (Link) Can you find it? (Link) Time is running out, Rhett. - (Link) Too late!

You missed her. - (ring sound) (Link) Here's Lizzie in the top right corner. - (Rhett) Oh damn! There she is. - I'm breaking the law by disturbing this lizard in a public park. Yes, this is illegal. - No, it's not. - Is it illegal, because that park is where? - (Lizzie) Fresno. -Ash tree. - Can't you bother a lizard there? - (Lizzie) No. But that's a stuffed lizard, so I think you're in the gray area, Lizzie. Well, that was... You were very camouflaged. - Hmm. - No camouflage. Well, it was the lizard. - Oh! - Here's an ending...

Don't be discouraged, Rhett. - (Rhett) Oh, this is... - (Link) Times Square. - (Rhett) Oh God. - (Link) I'll give you a little more time. (Link) What do you see? Just use some verbal processing. - (Rhett) I see Times Square. - (Link) Yes. - (Rhett) It's not in Scotland. - (Link) Many people. (Link) Only one Mythical Crew member broke the law. (Rhett) Is that... Is that Allie behind a camera? (Link) No. (Rhett) Oh, Eddie. Next to the street sign. (Link) There she is! - (ding sound) - (Rhett) Yes. I'm breaking the law because I urinate in public. - (Rhett) Eddie. - I'm still doing it. (Both laugh) That's the guy...

You've probably done it, right? Have you ever urinated in public? Don't answer that, Eddie? The lawyers are watching. Well, it was pretty good though. Yes, you showed some promise. Your total score... You scored nine out of eleven on all test batteries. I think we've determined that you can... - Please contact me. - I have not determined that you are a Super Recognizer, but you do have Super Recognizer material. - Well. - Then, I think you can go on to study at the University of Greenwich there. - Study me. Study me. - That's where the evidence comes from.

Again, that link is in the description, if you want to see your Super Recognizer... Oh, and you know what? In the meantime, this will make you feel good. Super Recognizer of Mythical Good Mornings. Oh, look at that. (Link) You did it, Rhett. Oh, you got my thread... Thanks for liking, commenting and subscribing. And thank you for... - (team laughter) for being you, who I recognize. - Do you know what time it is. - (laughs) - I'm Thomas. - I'm Adam. -And I'm Lauren. - And we are from Manchester, England. (all) And it's time to spin the Wheel of Mythology.

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