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Re:Your doppelgänger is out there and you probably share DNA... by Mountain_Skies on Monday August 29, 2022 @12:29PM (#32640136)
If you were walking down the street and saw your Doppelgänger, would you instantly recognize them? You see yourself most days in the mirror but that's a very limited context. Seeing "yourself" walking down the street towards you, would you know who they remind you of?
Re:Your doppelgänger is out there and you probably share DNA... by anotherman554 on Monday August 29, 2022 @12:47PM (#32640394)
I think if I saw my doppelganger I'd think, at a minimum "He has a familiar looking face". I'd probably also think, at a minimum, "I've seen that guy around somewhere before."
Re:Your doppelgänger is out there and you probably share DNA... by treis on Monday August 29, 2022 @02:46PM (#32641926)
These faces aren't really that similar. The doppelganger effect is mostly coming from similar clothing, hair style, facial hair, glasses, and so on.

To use an example, look closely at the features one by one of the two men. Individually they're all pretty significantly different. But your eyes gloss over the differences because the hair, glasses, and beard are nearly identical. However those are all changeable features. Grow the hair out, shave the beard, and lose the glasses on one of them and they'd be far less doppelgangery.

Re:Your doppelgänger is out there and you probably share DNA... by mywittyname on Monday August 29, 2022 @04:45PM (#32643331)
I've had this happen to me. It's pretty uncanny actually. I didn't stop to chat with him, but I could absolutely tell by the expression on his face that he was thinking the exact same thing as me.

There's also a local news caster that looks dead on me (albeit, with nicer hair). So much so that multiple people have sent me pictures of the person. It's very weird to see "yourself" on TV.

So, to answer your question: yes.

Re:Your doppelgänger is out there and you probably share DNA... by fluoridation on Monday August 29, 2022 @12:32PM (#32640172)
I think I'd be too distracted by puffy-tailed dogs.
Re:Your doppelgänger is out there and you probably share DNA... by MiddleEndian on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @05:53PM (#32655651)
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Re:Your doppelgänger is out there and you probably share DNA... by pessimizer on Monday August 29, 2022 @02:19PM (#32641583)
I'm sure it depends on the person. A lot of people spend a lot of time staring at their own faces in the mirror and carefully examining hundreds or thousands of photographs of themselves. Whereas I'm pretty sure that my doppelganger would vaguely remind me of someone, and a day or two later I'd realize the person they reminded me of was me.
Re:Your doppelgänger is out there and you probably share DNA... by dwighttk on Monday August 29, 2022 @09:09PM (#32645546)
Yeah not me… I always wonder what is going on in movies when the character immediately recognizes themselves.
Re:Your doppelgänger is out there and you probably share DNA... by crowquill on Monday August 29, 2022 @01:52PM (#32641245)
I would for sure. I often come across similar looking persons (height, haircut, style, etc.) and it’s kinda awkward enough, I don’t think I wouldn’t realize I’m in front of my doppelgänger.
Re:Your doppelgänger is out there and you probably share DNA... by rzzzt on Monday August 29, 2022 @03:11PM (#32642228)
Is my Doppelgänger an enantiomorph?
Re:Your doppelgänger is out there and you probably share DNA... by quitit on Monday August 29, 2022 @01:30PM (#32640971)
the same way you recognise yourself in a mirror