Malaysia Flight 370 Pilot Mass Murder

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60 Minutes Australia aired a show this past week where they interviewed international experts on the missing Malaysia flight 370. The experts concluded that the pilot Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah took down the plane on purpose killing himself and all 239 passengers and crew on board. They believe his actions were intentional and deliberate.

If you recall, when the plane first disappeared, I came out on March 19, 2014, eleven days after the plane went missing, and shared my thoughts on the pilots from looking at their photos.  I wrote that from facial profiling of the Captain. I had concerns about him and a possible “deviant side” to his personality. I did not worry about the co-pilot.  Check it out here.

From 2014:

…I see a slight deviant side to his personality–a side that makes me pause slightly. I have hesitation to trust him completely. And ironically, I don’t see this side of him in all of his photos, but is clearly there, which means he could have fooled people.

Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, in the photos found online of him, showed many expressions of contempt. Contempt is an expression of superiority, an arrogance and better-than-you attitude that can’t be dismissed–then add in his deviant side and I had elevated concerns.

Look at his photo in my post from 2014.  Can you see those features?

His photos also revealed he had a dual personality, too, that was clearly evident.

While personality profiling isn’t 100% predictive, it does give you awareness that there is INCREASED RISK which is very important for safety.  Scientists have been studying “personality identification at zero acquaintance” and they are finding it has significant accuracy and value.  I have a natural talent for this and believe it could be of great use to keep people safe.

How could this information help an investigation?  I talk about it in this post here.

Have you heard of face blindness?

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60 Minutes on Sunday night did a story on face blindness (also known as prosopagnosia). I suspect you probably take your ability to identify people by their face for granted, but not everyone is so blessed. People who suffer from face blindness cannot use facial features such as eyes, nose, lips or face shape to recognize a face. Instead, they rely on hair style, clothing style, gait, voice, etc. to identiy people in their life.

Scientists estimate 1 in 50 people suffer from this disorder, and they are either born this way, or lose the ability after a stroke or injury.

How do you recognize a face of a friend or family member?

How do you differentiate your dad’s facial features from your uncle, or the man next door?

How would tell someone to identify that this man is Bob and not Bill?  And that Bill is not John, or Tim, or Zack!

Are you scratching your head?

We do a lot of powerful things with our subconscious mind, don’t we?

You don’t have to think about how you know Susan from Sandy, or Bill from Bob, or your co-worker from your neighbor.  You just do it naturally and intuitively.  You recognize the subtle differences that make up each face.  But scientists don’t know how we do that. And when you think about it–it is complex.

How would tell a face blind person how you read people’s identity through their faces so they could identify 100 different men or women?

I somewhat liken face blindness to what I do.  I see so many subtle elements that people communicate that others don’t, and I can tell you in a very challenging to communicate those subtleties to other people.  You think all people see them, but they don’t.

Next time you run into someone that doesn’t seem to recognize you–give them a little extra space. They may suffer from face blindness.

Technology Slows Ability To Recognize Emotions

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There is an interesting study done that looked at children and their interactions with digital media. Did you know the more a child is connected, the less skill he has at being able to recognize emotions in others?

As they surmise, you cannot learn about human interaction by watching it on a screen. You have to experience it firsthand.  I agree with that completely.

How much time does your child spend a day, or a week playing video games, using a cell phone, tablet or watching TV?

Check out this article.

Many thanks to MF for the story!

Reading Faces: Article

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Female beauty portrait made out of makeup imagery

“Hub lab writing the book on face-reading,” from the Boston Globe.

Nelson said that his research has revealed that by adulthood, people’s abilities to read faces are fairly established and they can only learn more through deliberate learning, much like being taught a foreign language.

“By adulthood, the window is not permanently closed, but with age, it’s increasingly difficult to learn new abilities,’’ said Nelson, 56, a high-energy researcher who travels frequently to talk about his work.

What do you think?

Thanks to my Boston reader for this article!

Cool Facial Expression Tool

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Here is a cool facial expression tool that Chris, a reader here at Eyes for Lies, pointed out to me today that he and I think you will enjoy. Thanks, Chris!