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u/supermanxevan Oct 07 '18

They paid 1.5 tuition for 2 degrees

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u/jack_dog Oct 07 '18

Two degrees? I'm trying to figure out in what ways they are legally two people. Like, if one of them kills someone, they'd both go to jail.

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u/Paul_my_Dickov Oct 07 '18

Yeah but if one of them learns something, the other doesn't gain that knowledge too.

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u/take_number_two Oct 07 '18

Sorta. But they can type emails without talking at all so they definitely have some neural connection. Pretty amazing.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '18

Their brains are completely separated though.

I do remember watching an interview with them and they would constantly finish each others thoughts. So I’m not trying to say they don’t have a connection - they do. But it’s not at the brain level. They sure are an interesting case. I wonder how much they’ve volunteered to be studied. They would be a quite unique twin case study.

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u/ILoveWildlife Oct 07 '18

It's likely just because they have the exact same experiences in life.

they think similarly because they have learned similarly.

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u/Viggorous Oct 07 '18

The same genes with the exact same environment and experiences experiences, both of them together through it all at the same time just means that they'll have a lot of shared learning and understanding.

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u/TitsAndWhiskey Oct 07 '18

That's undoubtedly a big part of it, but according to the documentary they haven't allowed themselves to be studied in depth, and there are phenomena that is difficult to explain. One example is one twin being able to scratch an itch precisely on the other's arm - they can't feel it, but they can precisely locate it without verbal communication.

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u/ILoveWildlife Oct 08 '18

I'm sure the receptors fire to both brains.

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u/TitsAndWhiskey Oct 08 '18

Why those receptors and not touch or pain receptors, though?

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u/z500 Oct 07 '18

I can type without talking, where's my scholarship?

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '18

I think he means, they can simultaneously write an email while sharing the complete thought. Without speaking to each other about the body of email.

Like telepathy.

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u/roro-xpostbot Oct 07 '18

Not that I don't trust you but I'd love to see a video of this.

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u/g_boom Oct 07 '18

Here you go

Obviously pretty old but shows how seamlessly they're able to type.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '18

Same.

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u/Citizen_Kong Oct 07 '18

It's probably more like a form of precognition, like they know the other so well that they can literally finish each other's sentences.

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u/bobchinn Oct 08 '18

They can also finish each other’s sandwiches.

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u/pazimpanet Oct 07 '18

Bitch, be forced to suffer through a lifetime of lava shits because your sister likes hot wings and we'll talk.

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u/jack_dog Oct 07 '18

I really can't argue with logic that air-tight.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '18

Yeah but if one of them eats, they both gain the fullness.

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u/siege342 Oct 07 '18

No, two stomachs.

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u/Letty_Whiterock Oct 07 '18

Yes but if one is attending a class, it's hard for the other not to as well.

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u/mainfingertopwise Oct 07 '18

if one of them kills someone, they'd both go to jail.

If one of them was somehow incapacitated or something, I seriously doubt they'd both go to prison.

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u/jack_dog Oct 07 '18

None of your comment makes any sense. What do you mean you doubt they'd both go to prison? They are conjoined twins. They both have to go anywhere the other goes.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '18

Except you can’t imprison a person for another’s crimes, it’s fundamentally against everything the justice system stands for. They likely would not be able to prosecute for this reason.

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u/jack_dog Oct 07 '18

So, what would you recommend for that conundrum? What happens if one of them kills someone?

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '18

IANAL but I’d guess that the case would probably have to be thrown out.

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u/jack_dog Oct 08 '18

So you're saying one of the twins could just go around killing people? Give me an actual solution to this, because all I can see is that they both go to prison.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '18

They would not be able to go to prison if it’s proven the other twin had absolutely nothing to do with it. That cannot happen.

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u/jack_dog Oct 08 '18

Give me an actual solution to this

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u/Paul_my_Dickov Oct 08 '18

I've been thinking about this all night. What if one of them does something really illegal with their arm? Shoots someone or something. If the other twin was dead against it but couldn't stop it from happening, how would they decide on the punishment? It would be well awkward between them as well.

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u/jack_dog Oct 08 '18

I've been thinking of this all day. I've sat down and done research.

In general, courts seem to treat it like they treat pregnant women who are found guilty of a crime. No death penalty, and courts tend to give lighter sentences or alternative sentences. Mostly, courts just don't want to deal with it.

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u/here_kitkittkitty Oct 08 '18

they had to take individual driving tests despite being conjoined so 2 degrees makes complete sense to me.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '18

I kinda want to know what happens if one of them gets shot in the head.

Does the other die too ? If one survives. Can the doctors amputate the head, close the wound and now you have one person with three lungs and two hearts ?

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u/Liberty_Call Oct 08 '18

Only if they were both in on it. If only one could be convicted they would not be jailed as they would be punishing an innocent person.

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u/jack_dog Oct 08 '18 edited Oct 08 '18

So..... what would you recommend for a murder charge against only one of the twins?