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    Does anyone know anything about identical twins and socionics type? Have you ever typed a set of identical twins?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hoodrat View Post
    Does anyone know anything about identical twins and socionics type? Have you ever typed a set of identical twins?
    Joy is a twin. I don't know if they're identical but they sure look alike from pictures.

    I don't think I know any identical twins IRL. I know quite a few fraternal sets of twins but that's irrelevant.

    Interesting question though.
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    Good question. I already typed one twin as an ESFp, but I'll type the other one when I see her. She seems more reserved and self-assured.

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    you could do a search, this has been discussed a few times on the forums.
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    joy is not a twin hellfire cannon

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    My mother is an identical twin. She is ISFj, and I think my aunt is an ISFj too, although I can't be 100&#37; sure.
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    I'm a twin (not identical) and I think my brother is a pretty clear INTj. I also knew two sets of identical twins. The first I didn't get very close to both of them. The one I had some contact with some sort of ExTx, but they superficially seemed to be pretty similar, but that really doesn't mean anything. My sister is currently dating one half of an identical pair. I haven't gotten to know him very well yet, but my first inclincation is that he's ISTx. Again, I don't know the other brother very well so maybe later on down the road I can comment on that.
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    yes, I met a pair of fraternal twins, not the same type at all. The girl was beta NF while the guy was gamma or something.
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    Quote Originally Posted by munenori2 View Post
    I'm a twin (not identical) and I think my brother is a pretty clear INTj. I also knew two sets of identical twins. The first I didn't get very close to both of them. The one I had some contact with some sort of ExTx, but they superficially seemed to be pretty similar, but that really doesn't mean anything. My sister is currently dating one half of an identical pair. I haven't gotten to know him very well yet, but my first inclincation is that he's ISTx. Again, I don't know the other brother very well so maybe later on down the road I can comment on that.
    My mom is an ISTp and her fraternal twin is an ENTj.

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    Abbie is so boring and rigid it's awesome instead of boring and rigid. She seems so practical and down-to-the-ground.

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    My roomie is an identical twin and he and his twin are definitely not the same type, lol. I would even go as far as to say that they're from conflicting quadras, despite getting along superbly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kamangir View Post
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    Everyone realizes that type is genetic, but it is undoubtably for some difficult to admit.

    It's all sperm and egg variation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tcaudilllg View Post
    Everyone realizes that type is genetic, but it is undoubtably for some difficult to admit.

    It's all sperm and egg variation.
    Maybe part of it is. Brilliand suggested that the baby tried to become a duel of everyone around them. I haven't decided what I believe on this point, but I know it's got to be a combination of nature and nurture (but only in the first couple years of life.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ritella View Post
    Over here, we'll put up with (almost) all of your crap. You just have to use the secret phrase: "I don't value it. It's related to <insert random element here>, which is not in my quadra."
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    Abbie is so boring and rigid it's awesome instead of boring and rigid. She seems so practical and down-to-the-ground.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tcaudilllg View Post
    Everyone realizes that type is genetic, but it is undoubtably for some difficult to admit.

    It's all sperm and egg variation.
    Why would everyone realize that and why would it have to be that way? Hormones, chance, tons of things could influence type.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slacker Mom View Post
    Why would everyone realize that and why would it have to be that way? Hormones, chance, tons of things could influence type.
    Because in that case we would be capable of engineering type with behavioral conditioning and drug therapy. Have you ever heard of a drug that caused dissociative identity disorder, because DID is exactly what a change in type would entail. (but even that would not be a true type change with regard to the capability of the functions: you can use your PoLR as base, but I don't recommend it).

    Just remember that every time you embrace a "could" like that, you give some crazy scientist of the future one more avenue for contesting the pursuit of a real solution, and even worse, you might be opening the door for some really horrific research. Imagine someone being determined to create a typeless "supersoldier", and being so convinced of it being possible that they never stopped trying to do it. That is a scary possibility, because it's the type of thing oppressive governments might buy into. It might look like what the protagonists of 1984 were put through, or worse.

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    Tests suck dick. Identical twins are identical (duh) (except for finger prints)

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    I've observed this: Identical (monozygotic) twins are always: a) Identicals, b) conflictors. I don't have a too large sample from which I've drawn this conclusion, but it makes sense because VI-wise conflictors are very similar (in external traits/appeareance , not actual VI of facial expressions). This suggests that conflictors share similar genetic configuration, and that at an undetermined point, a "switch" is activated that sets the final type. What this "switch" could be, I do not know.

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    I knew a pair who both seemed SEE except one was more girly and the other was more sporty. Sadly, one of them died. I knew a non-identical pair and one of them seemed ILE and the other EIE. That’s all I’ve seen so far.


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    My childhood neighbors were both EIE-Ni, but I'm not sure if they were identical and the one still living doesn't know either. My parents couldn't tell them apart very well, but I always thought of them as different people. Another pair of twins (not sure if they're identical) I know of are also EIE-Ni (or at least one is, god I HATE their EIE-Ni son's narcissistic rage and pretentiousness and quips and frequently shitty selections of things, some of the foods, his refrigerator, having a gas grill and his home and the way parts of it smell are pretty terrible although the photos he takes are quite good). A third pair of twins (they are identical but I've always been able to tell them apart) I know were IEI-Ni. I've been friends with the sexy one while the other one wasn't sexy so I didn't pursue friendship with her.

    Quote Originally Posted by fresh meat View Post
    I knew a pair who both seemed SEE except one was more girly and the other was more sporty. Sadly, one of them died. I knew a non-identical pair and one of them seemed ILE and the other EIE. That’s all I’ve seen so far.
    Which gender were they, by type?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Disturbed View Post
    My childhood neighbors were both EIE-Ni, but I'm not sure if they were identical and the one still living doesn't know either. My parents couldn't tell them apart very well, but I always thought of them as different people. Another pair of twins (not sure if they're identical) I know of are also EIE-Ni (or at least one is, god I HATE their EIE-Ni son's narcissistic rage and pretentiousness and quips and frequently shitty selections of things). A third pair of twins (they are identical but I've always been able to tell them apart) I know were IEI-Ni. I've been friends with the sexy one while the other one wasn't sexy so I didn't pursue friendship with her.

    Which gender were they, by type?
    The SEEs were girls. ILE is a guy, EIE is a girl.


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    I have lots of identical and non-identical twins in my family. I find them interesting and I think twins generally are not identical. I have theory but I am not going to share at the moment. By the way, genes of identical twins are also not %100 identical due to epigenetics.

    For example, I don't think that twins in this video are not identical. (CC video is shared by sbdds to illustrate some fragment of her personalized hell)



    Bailey has better Fe than Brooklyn. She is either ESE or IEE or EIE, can't say the same with same level of confidence for Brooklyn.


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    Quote Originally Posted by toska
    Cole Sprouse being ILE-Ti, Dylan Sprouse being SLE-Ti. I'd be curious if this pattern goes on elsewhere. Thoughts?
    IMO; Cole - LIE-Te, Dylan - SEI-Si.

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