What's in a face? Doctors say health. Psychologists say personality. Anthropologists say evolution. For me, it's identity. Arguably, no other body part is as intimately tied to a sense of self as our unique visage. It's part of the reason we often look so different in photos, which are horizontally flipped compared to how we see ourselves in the mirror. Even such a slight change -- one that reflects reality -- can feel jarring, because...
What's in a face? Doctors say health. Psychologists say personality. Anthropologists say evolution. For me, it's identity. Arguably, no other body part is as intimately tied to a sense of self as our unique visage. It's part of the reason we often look so different in photos, which are horizontally flipped compared to how we see ourselves in the mirror. Even such a slight change -- one that reflects reality -- can feel jarring, because...
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