Re: Face analogy
They can in the sense that the attitude/emotions u frequently can, over time, leave their mark on your face. For example, someone who has experienced long-term grief…that sadness reflect in their eyes and other features. Similarly someone who is often worried, angry, or arrogant…these emotions/attitudes can reflect themselves in not only facial features, but body language, tone of voice, etc.
So, to an extent it makes sense. Majority of the messages we send are nonverbal.
I don’t think you can treat facial features as a guarantee because they are cases where some can appear to be nice/trustworthy and turn out to be otherwise. I guess that’s where “don’t judge a book by it’s cover” would apply. However, experts in body language would be better at detecting subtle things like a difference between a genuine smile and a fake one…whether one is being honest or fibbing.
What I find more interesting is the topic of vibes…as in sometimes no matter how nice a person appears…you just get this unexplainable vibe that you don’t quite trust them or like them or connect with them the way others around you do. Or maybe there’s nothing mysterious about this at all and it’s simply a matter of some people picking up on subtleties better than others.