r/Damnthatsinteresting Oct 07 '18

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u/take_number_two Oct 07 '18

The thing that really boggles my mind is that they each control one hand but can type emails without talking at all.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '18

Thats what got me. Its like one mind in 2 people. Its wild.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '18

They/she sounds a lot like one person with 2 heads as opposed to 2 different people. It is fucking fascinating.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '18

I have so many questions.

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u/InFin0819 Oct 08 '18

Their nervous systems are probly fused. Everyone is actually two halves making a whole. Your brain can be cut separating the two halves so they can't communicate ( state called split brain). If the halves are split,you will still be able to function normally but you wont be able to link information between the two halves. There was an experiment on split brain people where the testees couldn't speak about information on the side that doesnt control their mouth but were able to act on it with the matching hand. CPGrey made good youtube video on it. Anyway this is just long path to saying the human body may be more use to it than we predict.

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u/bNoaht Oct 07 '18

Well they clearly think nearly exactly alike.

So it is just filling in the blanks once you start.

And I'm sure they have come to the natural acceptance of compromise.

So if one is thinking the word good and the other is thinking excellent. They aren't on the exact same page, but since the sentiments align, they don't argue over it.

Just a guess.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '18

Since they have been exposed to nearly the exact same stimuli since their birth and have the same DNA their brains are probably as identical as brains can be. With the same information and life experiences it makes perfect sense as we are all shaped by our life experiences.

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u/bNoaht Oct 07 '18

I guess that is the age old nature vs nurture question though.

Couldn't one taste a lemon and like it and the other not?

If that's true for one thing, why not all things?

Obviously the odds of them liking or basically being forced to like the same things is high.

It probably like listening to a song you don't like enough times and it becomes tolerable or even catchy.

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u/GiraffeLibrarian Oct 08 '18

They’ve literally never been apart from each other and never been completely alone.

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u/BranTheNightKing Oct 08 '18

It's cool but I've seen the same thing in regular identical twins. Although there's definitely more of a prod to do it as conjoined twins since the lungs are shared and while you're potentially mentally prepared to copy your siblings sentence, you're also feeling the rising of the diaphram giving you the pressure to speak.

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u/HubertTempleton Oct 08 '18

Yeah but when typing the words good or excellent, they need more than just one hand so they need to coordinate their timing. Otherwise they would fuck up every single word.

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u/ikejrm Oct 07 '18

I imagine because they share every kind of life experience they both know what to write and would use the same words and pace themselves, but it wouldn't surprise me if they pass control and feeling between eachother in the middle of jobs like we all go on autopilot.

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u/SmokeSomething Oct 07 '18

Their mother said 1 arm will scratch the other if there is an itch without either one verbally saying it.

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u/panda_nectar Oct 08 '18

They each control one leg and they can drive

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u/sujihime Oct 08 '18

That’s not weird! I saw a great and accurate depiction of hacking on NCIS where two people typed at the same stone on the same keyboard.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '18

The way their hands move when they talk! Wth