tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post6652237927687029242..comments2023-10-19T03:40:40.815-04:00Comments on Go Knit In Your Hat: Meanwhile, on a small farm in Kansas...Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07651035210994960810noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-12261621081762871752008-01-20T19:11:00.000-05:002008-01-20T19:11:00.000-05:00I'm reading Identical Strangers right now. (No, I ...I'm reading Identical Strangers right now. (No, I don't approve) I think the Louise Wise Agency made a mistake when they separated the triplets. They should have placed two together and one separately. They would have had the perfect way to actually test the nature/nurture concept. They didn't give themselves a control subject.<BR/><BR/>It is absolutely fascinating to see how closely the lives paralleled each other (and the other examples).<BR/><BR/>Liz in NoWhere PA<BR/>My DH teaches Experimental Psych. Some of it has worn off over the years...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-5458368649814825282008-01-17T19:22:00.000-05:002008-01-17T19:22:00.000-05:00Oh my... superwash dk! I might have to stalk the s...Oh my... superwash dk! I might have to stalk the shop tomorrow. Those look fantastic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-68715872215450507232008-01-17T18:13:00.000-05:002008-01-17T18:13:00.000-05:00I had seen a small article about the English coupl...I had seen a small article about the English couple- how heart breaking for them. Can you imagine the amount of therapy? Poor things.<BR/><BR/>The seperating twins thing has to hit you hard- I know it bothers me all the more thinking about my nieces. Their relationship is so special- even at just 10 months- I can't imagine anyone purposely denying them that.<BR/><BR/>Lovely sweater, and the yarns look great. As if I need more...mindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15981340071876565395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-65280221170320352862008-01-17T16:32:00.000-05:002008-01-17T16:32:00.000-05:00Yes to the first question. It's one of the only s...Yes to the first question. It's one of the only studies that exists that has the perfect "control" of separately raised kids with identical genetics. They did want to track and monitor the kids in the study (there were twins and one set of triplets), and they talk a little bit about how this was done with other kids in the study. The researchers abandoned the tracking of the authors because certain of their life experiences as infants deviated, so they felt there was too much of a disparity for them to continue to be part of the study. The results of the study are locked in a university archives until 2066 b/c the researchers were so concerned about the contents and the impact on the kids studied. None of the people in the study, parents included, were told about the precise nature of the study. Today standard adoption protocol is not to separate twins, and of course the whole idea of informed consent would make this thing impossible today. I believe that some other adoption agencies also participated in the study. <BR/><BR/>I had not heard about the English case. Very very creepy indeed....Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651035210994960810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-73028003172399648392008-01-17T15:59:00.000-05:002008-01-17T15:59:00.000-05:00Was doing a nature vs. nurture study the deliberat...Was doing a nature vs. nurture study the deliberate reason the adoption agency separated the twins, or just an unintended consequence? Did they track and monitor the twins after they were adopted? Creepy.<BR/><BR/>Did you see the recent case in England where a man and woman got married, only to then discover that they were separated fraternal twins. Creepier...the hanged manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705748701233182866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-87280142024508251182008-01-17T15:28:00.000-05:002008-01-17T15:28:00.000-05:00Comment! Comment, damn you, comment!Comment! Comment, damn you, comment!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651035210994960810noreply@blogger.com