TV reveals, social media, and newspapers usually characteristic individuals who meet their doppelganger – an unrelated individual bearing a putting bodily resemblance.
Our enduring fascination with doppelgangers – a German phrase that interprets as ‘double walker’ – is such that apps claiming to match customers with their lookalike through the web are extensively well-liked. And Canadian artist Francois Brunelle has through the years introduced collectively about 200 pairs of doppelgangers for a images venture that has enthralled the general public.
Whereas some observers are spooked by the sight of doppelgangers – rooted in ‘dangerous omens’ inside folklore – some lookalikes photographed by Brunelle have solid lasting bonds with each other.
Scientists are simply as intrigued. A workforce of analysis scientists on the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Analysis Institute in Barcelona has sought to clarify why some unrelated folks look so strikingly alike, investigating genetic hyperlinks between pairs Brunelle photographed.
On this episode of The Stream, we’ll have a look at the non-public, scientific, and cultural points of the doppelganger phenomenon.
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