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crocodile deathroll · 06-24-2003, 09:05 PM

Why not try this experiment
Put the two twins in separate rooms

The give one twins finger a jab with one of these little doodaas, they sting, but they don't do any harm, because diabetics use them all the time. The other twin has to be able the feel which finger was jabbed in the other twin.
Keep jabbing and if he/she only guesses correct for 10% of the time than it is no more than random chance. But if it is substantialy higher than the pure chance 30% or more than that would indicate telepathy.

Good test experiment?
I wonder if any of these so called telepathic twins will rise the the challange.

Arken · 06-24-2003, 10:04 PM

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Originally posted by Hypatia
Since I'm an identical twin I'll throw my $.02 in. Every once in a while something slightly odd will happen (e.g. - I'll think of calling her and within ten minutes or so she'll call me). These events perhaps do occur more often between us than I suspect happens between non-twins. However, I don't buy into any of that psychic connection crap. I believe in our case, based on 30+ years of observation by two science types (she's a microbiologist and I'm a physics and math person), that this is partly coincidence and partly because we are so much alike (identical genetics and nearly identical background/childhood). Nothing paranormal needed to explain it, IM(slightly more informed than most)O.

You could even argue that certain needs, in this case 'need to contact loved one' could be hardwired into us and are timed by circadian rhythms... since you two are genetically identical, the 'need' gets triggered at the same time. Not sure how to test that sort of thing at all though.

sakrilege · 06-25-2003, 03:48 AM

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Originally posted by Hypatia
Every once in a while something slightly odd will happen (e.g. - I'll think of calling her and within ten minutes or so she'll call me).

I would suspect that you communicate with each other very often and people who do communicate often would have this happen, not just twins. It happens to me a 2-3 times a year with my regular siblings and we talk on a monthly basis.

Speaking of twins, the town I work in, Twinsburg, was founded by a pair of twins. The town has an annual festival called Twins Days.

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06-24-2003, 09:05 PM	#11
crocodile deathroll Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Darwin Posts: 1,466	Why not try this experiment Put the two twins in separate rooms The give one twins finger a jab with one of these little doodaas, they sting, but they don't do any harm, because diabetics use them all the time. The other twin has to be able the feel which finger was jabbed in the other twin. Keep jabbing and if he/she only guesses correct for 10% of the time than it is no more than random chance. But if it is substantialy higher than the pure chance 30% or more than that would indicate telepathy. Good test experiment? I wonder if any of these so called telepathic twins will rise the the challange.

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