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> I would've thought that a twin study where identical twins were raised in different environments would be far more instructive? Both are instructive, but ide
by littlestymaar 3y ago
> I would've thought that a twin study where identical twins were raised in different environments would be far more instructive?
Both are instructive, but identical twins raised in different environment is a very small group compared to the other group, and there's a very strong confounding factor between them that's likely to have a massive impact on the later results: being separated from you twin brother/sister indicates you've had some pretty chaotic early life.
- drowsspa 3y agoAnd isn't the womb an environment already?
- littlestymaar 3y agoDefinitely (the most obvious illustration of this are alcohol or tobacco use during pregnancy, but there's likely millions of other factor playing a role as well).