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I am researching the extent to which twins have ESP or some kind of sense or mode of communication not apparent to the rest of the world, and even in some cases, not apparent to the siblings themselves. The bond between twins, or any sibling for that matter, is one that poet Ana Torrado believes is a bond "that nobody can measure." But, is that bond simply due to the fact that twins usually live to

One common belief is that ESP does not exist and environmental factors cause the similarities in thoughts and actions between siblings. For example, a set of twins now living in separate countries bought the same pair of pants on the same day. Many researchers tend to believe that this is due to the fact that they grew up sharing styles and knowing what each other was going to like and wear. In addition, a set of triplets reported that they wrote the same sentence from opposite sides of a classroom, without communicating to each other. (ok that may have been my sisters and me :-p)

Based on the evidence given above, you would think that the only reason twins act alike is due to the fact that they spend almost every waking moment together. However, studies involving twins separated at an early age find shocking similarities between recently reunited siblings. For example, i n their work, researchers from the University of Minnesota have offered that twins separated at a very early age have grown up to lead very similar lives. Despite this evidence, some still argue, maybe rightfully so, that genes have a large influence on the similarities between twins. Fraternal twins share about half of their genes in common with their co-twin while identical twins share all of them. This could lead to similar looks as well as behavior patterns.
 * The "Jim twins" married women with the same name, divorced them, and remarried other women with the same name. They also named their child the same name, had the same habits, and were physically the same.
 * Bridget and Dorothy wore the exact same amount of jewlery when they were reunited, and they each had a diary that they wrote in on the same days
 * Barbra and Daphine were dressed similarly when they reunited and they each had the same injuries occur at the same point in their lives
 * An anonymous writer states that she had a dream about her twin that she did not know existed the day before they met. Her twin had a similar dream.

However, there is other evidence possibly disproving this assumption as well. There has been a multitude of stories where one twin encounters pain when the other is seriously hurt. This can include labor pains, vehicle crashes, seizures and heart attacks, and siblings developing the same scars in the same spots, or swelling in the same spots when only one of them got hurt. Furthermore, Guy Lyon Playfair conducted an expirament with multiple sets of twins. Each time he conducted the expirament, he would take one twin and put them into a sound proof room while hooking the other one up to a machine that tests muscle and skin response. When the twin in the room was startled, the other twin would show an unconcious response on the machine.

What attributes to these expiraments and anecdotes? Some scientists think that ESP does exist and one of the main forms is crisis telephathy. Simply put, crisis telepathy occurs when one twin somehow "just knows" that something is wrong with their co-twin. Other scientist believe that their are more than just four known dimensions and ESP occurs amongst siblings in one of the other dimensions. This possibility is due to the fact that similar electrons spinning miles and miles apart from each other will change direction at the exact same time as each other.

Many people say that ESP does not exist because there is no scientific evidence to back it up. However, some scientists who feel that ESP may exist believe that their reputation will be damaged if they continue to try to prove something that has a very small probability of actually being true. Other scientists who are willing to do the research do not have the resources to do so.

Right now I am leaning towards ESP does not exist but I am not yet totally unconvinced that it definitely does not exist.