bbc_tae_doppelganger_download (mp3cut.net)
[00:00.70] What is the likelihood of you having someone who looks just like you?
[00:07.87] Would it be a good thing?
[00:10.53] And if you did have one, would you want to meet them?
[00:16.64] Consider how often your facial features are used to identify you.
[00:23.01] Your passport, ID card and driving licence all bare your face.
[00:29.38] To enter your workplace, you likely need to be recognisable.
[00:34.44] You may need your face to unlock your smartphone and possibly even need it to exclude you from being present at a crime scene.
[00:45.06] The word ‘doppelganger’ refers to a person who looks the same as you, essentially sharing your features;
[00:52.50] those that you thought were unique to you and your identity.
[00:57.80] Not an identical twin, as a doppelganger has no relation to you.
[01:03.65] The idea originated in German folklore.
[01:06.84] A doppelganger was said to be a spirit-double that replicated every human and beast on earth.
[01:15.07] So, let’s get real. What are the chances of you having one in the first place?
[01:22.24] There’s said to be a one in 135 chance of an absolute dead ringer for you existing anywhere in the world, so the chances are pretty low, despite folk wisdom promising you otherwise.
[01:38.71] And the chances of meeting?
[01:40.83] The mathematical certainty of finding this particular person is supposedly less than one in a trillion!
[01:50.40] That said, these statistics may be a good thing.
[01:55.19] Historically, having a double hasn’t always been a positive.
[02:00.50] Back in 1999, an innocent American man, indistinguishable from the real criminal, was sent to prison for robbery, where he stayed for 19 years.
[02:13.78] In the end, it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.
[02:19.63] In a different case, a woman in New York was accused of trying to poison her doppelganger with deadly cheesecake so that she could steal her identity!
[02:32.11] And, why are people interested in finding their possible doppelganger anyway?
[02:37.42] It may be helpful to look to the past when facial resemblance indicated kinship.
[02:45.12] Maybe one day you’ll meet your lookalike, but we understand that, after this, you possibly don’t want to!
