Thursday, May 5, 2011
blog 37
My personal anecdote is about some experiences i have had with my two best friends and roommates. My roommates are identical twins and share the same DNA. Most people get them confused and few people can find a way to tell them apart. People seem to have a lot of interest in identical twins. My friends draw a lot of attention when we all go somewhere together and meet new people. Of course this is where the bad twin jokes come into play that we have all heard a thousand times. "How do you know you're not your brother." Most of these jokes just annoy them because they take away from their own identity. Too many people just group them together as if they are one person. One popular myth or theory is that identical twins share a mental connection deep enough to share thoughts and ideas. This has been somewhat proven by the fact that twins are often caught saying the same thing. There have been several times that i have been alone in the room with one of them having a conversation about something and then later having almost the same conversation with his brother. They will structure the conversation almost the same and even come up with the same ideas. I believe that there is some connection there and that it is likely due to the development of their brain structures because they share the same DNA.
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I find twins interesting because of the studies associated with them. However, I do sympathize with them becasue my best friend has a twin brother. Although they do not get the jokes like your friends, they still say a lot of the same things. It is kind of funny and interesting when we talk about the same things or they say the same things at the same time.
ReplyDeleteyeah i agree it's pretty interesting how often i hear them say the exact same thing at the same time
ReplyDeletejust they other day i heard matt talking to his mom and then like 15 minutes later his brother called their mom and said like the exact same thing
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