When reading Wu’s article on the conjoined twins I was
immediately interested in the relationship these people had with one another.
In class we discussed whether conjoined twins were 1 “entity” or thing, or if
they were 2 separate people. From an outside perspective it I guess depends on
each individual person, I feel like it could easily be a confusion between the
2 where depending on the situation and moment the 2 choices might blur.
Moreover then the outside view however I wonder how conjoined twins themselves
viewed their relationship to one another. We talked about how after 3 years old
it could be socially traumatizing for the two to be separated; I think in some
sense this could conceivably be viewed as the conjoined twins being one being.
However on the other hand it could easily be seen where on a regular basis you
have 2 very different people with different likes and dislikes. In the end
there is no definitive definition but if I had to choose I would most definitely
consider them 2 different people.
John Plevel
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