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Feels like a shower thought, but I seriously want to know if there are any implications, because it seems like identical twins are able to sense, understand, and almost be extensions of each other - finish each other's sentences/thoughts. Some even claim to be able to sense their twin when they're separate. Hard to believe, but at all possible?

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[โ€“] Donjuanme 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Confirmation bias is the reason people seem to be able to sense things. You don't remember the misses, we're engineered to hang onto the hits

[โ€“] dack 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it's probably more than confirmation bias in this case. Twins generally have a lot of shared experiences and environment. It's not surprising that they would more dialed in to how their sibling thinks/responds.

But quantum entanglement has nothing to do with it.