Naomi Tickle - Naomi Tickle is a personology expert and founder of the International Centre for Personology. She is also the author of several books including You Can Read a Face Like a Book.
Naomi Tickle, author of You Can Read a Face Like a Book, explains that by studying a person's facial structure, you can achieve an immediate and accurate understanding of their personality.
I would love to see some of the statistical data to support her description. Her analysis sounds like going to a palm reader or numerologist. It almost sounds like she is using hindsight to tell us what he is like.
Bottom line, it may be true, but it doesn't sound true.
It may seem like hooey, and it could very well be. But I would suggest another alternative would be genetically linked traits. I have seen studies that make links between eye color and instances of alcohol abuse, etc.
It is true that alcoholism is genetic, so is bipolar disorder (some say 85% genetic), so is ADHD. I'm not aware of any association between the color of one's iris with any of these disorders.
I got a palm reading once in New Orleans. The guy could tell I was skeptical and was really cool about it - explained that the palm itself didn't have anything to do with it, went over how he attempted to read my appearance and body language during the process to determine what he could about my personality, described how vaguely-worded initial statements would eventually lead to more specific ones, etc. Basically a ten-minute primer on how to filch some gullible sucker out of their money. Very interesting. I gave him a nice tip, which just shows how good the guy was at his job.
Anyway, Ms. Tickle, I'm afraid, is not as good at this. I can't decide if she's straight-up crazy, knows she's full of BS, or is hovering somewhere in-between. Kind of a lousy program, IMO.
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Interesting talk...leaving me with many questions, the main one being, "How can one be positive about traits that are so generic without substantial proof?" I know people who's eyes are close set and they are laid back. I know others who have visible eye-lids who don't rush me to the point or display impatience.
Generalizations are scary. Until there is enough genetic, scientific and social proof, I won't be relying on this technique anytime soon. I think concentration on the physical aspects of a person's facial features leaves one wide open to exploitation by psychopaths whose physical features are never indicative of their pathological state.
Nope, I'm not convinced, but thanks for the info, anyway!