Question

Peter and Paul are identical twins reared apart by different families; however, they are similar in many ways: both are postal workers, avid book readers, woodworkers, and each has two children, both males. Critics say that these similarities:

Answer 1

Answer:

are no different than if two strangers spent hours comparing their lives.

Explanation:

Critics of this kind of similarities would like by critics of the work of Thomas J. Bouchard who tried to study twins separated at birth. They criticized this study with the reason that these similarities can also be found when two total strangers who are just meeting for the first time and comparing their lives. According to the critics, people must not necessarily be identical twins for them to have these similarities.

Answer 2

Answer:

are no different than if two strangers spent hours comparing their lives.

Explanation:

Peter and Paul are identical twins reared apart by different families; however, they are similar in many ways: both are postal workers, avid book readers, woodworkers, and each has two children, both males. Critics say that these similarities are no different than if two strangers spent hours comparing their lives. There are no biological basis for the similarities listed and when individuals discuss their likes and dislike there is always a possibility of similarities. If those similarities were genetically controlled, it might be concluded that the similarities were specific to them because of that but that is not the case.