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People still do.

I can't find the study but people over estimate whether someone looks familiar, especially in stressful situations.

There are people in prison right now because they look like the perpetrator.

Imma give you a guess as to the races of these people.

The wikipedia article on eyewitness testimony goes into more detail.

Happens all the time. Just look up prison doppelgänger and you’ll get a bunch of hits. One guy spent 17 years falsely imprisoned.

If you want to listen to a fun episode of Behind the Bastards regarding this topic:

Behind the Bastards: Part One: The Bastards of Forensic Science

https://omny.fm/shows/behind-the-bastards/part-one-the-bastards-of-forensic-science

Why do you think the homicide clearence rate has plummeted? Can't just swing by a random black person, beat the shit out of them, and pin a crime on them like you used to.

Step 1: Don't be black.

~~Step 2: Don't be born before 1960.~~

Actually nevermind lol.

It's Canada we all look the same buddy .

Would be an interesting test set for categorising the accuracy of such software.

I feel like that's because we actually get to see them side by side. But if you were friends with one and saw the other as a stranger out in public, say the grocery store, it might warrant a "holy shit, I just saw someone who looks exactly like you," text accompanied by an awkwardly zoomed in picture of them in the frozen foods aisle.

Well they're not literal identical twins

You're not alone, I thought the same thing... They don't look that similar, they would make a really trash "spot the difference" challenge.

This used to happen to me literally everywhere I went. Sometimes you just give off a drug dealer vibe I guess?

For what it's worth, I'm a bit odd because I'm autistic, and I've never touched a drug my doctor didn't prescribe in my life.

If I was sure I wasn't related to them, banging my doppelganger would be a very interesting experience.

Marketing determined that having them blood covered, with ripped clothing, and holding blades at arms length wasn't as appealing to most audiences

Except me. I'm definitely unique. Right?

What's with the poses haha, it's making me so uncomfortable.

I think he's going for a more subtle similarity. Like they look like they could be related but necessarily twins.