Alison Wood Brooks
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Oh! Am I the expert? Maybe. I think I might be the expert.
Oh! Am I the expert? Maybe. I think I might be the expert.
Oh! Am I the expert? Maybe. I think I might be the expert.
That's a good point. Won't be as objective. A lived expert.
That's a good point. Won't be as objective. A lived expert.
That's a good point. Won't be as objective. A lived expert.
So that is very interesting. And we all have multiple selves. But as a twin, you get to see one of your sort of selves outside of your body. It's an amazing, lucky life. I don't know anything else, but it's really quite something.
So that is very interesting. And we all have multiple selves. But as a twin, you get to see one of your sort of selves outside of your body. It's an amazing, lucky life. I don't know anything else, but it's really quite something.
So that is very interesting. And we all have multiple selves. But as a twin, you get to see one of your sort of selves outside of your body. It's an amazing, lucky life. I don't know anything else, but it's really quite something.
No.
No.
No.
You're right. I'm not an expert. I don't know those answers. But you're identical. We're identical. We didn't know we were identical until high school. What? The AP biology class was like, hey, can we test you and figure it out? Oh, wow.
You're right. I'm not an expert. I don't know those answers. But you're identical. We're identical. We didn't know we were identical until high school. What? The AP biology class was like, hey, can we test you and figure it out? Oh, wow.
You're right. I'm not an expert. I don't know those answers. But you're identical. We're identical. We didn't know we were identical until high school. What? The AP biology class was like, hey, can we test you and figure it out? Oh, wow.
And then you lay the results side by side. This was way before 23andMe. And they were identical. I mean, looked like the same person. Wow. My parents didn't know they were having twins until I was out. It sounds like the dark ages.
And then you lay the results side by side. This was way before 23andMe. And they were identical. I mean, looked like the same person. Wow. My parents didn't know they were having twins until I was out. It sounds like the dark ages.
And then you lay the results side by side. This was way before 23andMe. And they were identical. I mean, looked like the same person. Wow. My parents didn't know they were having twins until I was out. It sounds like the dark ages.
Of course. In the same way that you do if you're hanging out with your sibling or your very close friend and they do something, there's always a vicarious embarrassment. But this is amplified even more because it's a reflection of you. You're watching yourself do an embarrassing thing as it unfolds live. And you have this normal sibling thing where you're like, stop.
Of course. In the same way that you do if you're hanging out with your sibling or your very close friend and they do something, there's always a vicarious embarrassment. But this is amplified even more because it's a reflection of you. You're watching yourself do an embarrassing thing as it unfolds live. And you have this normal sibling thing where you're like, stop.