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May 5, 2025 87 mins
Grab your sage & your skepticism, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of doppelgängers, mimics, and the moments that make us question reality.

What happens when we see someone who isn’t there? When someone (or something) else doesn’t just look like you but mimics you? Is it a form of hysteria messing with our minds? A glitch in our brains and in linear time or something more sinister? 

We’ve been documenting doubles for thousands of years, science must know something, right? Right?

Let’s see

Sources:

Famous Doppelgängers
Buzzfeed Unsolved

13 Mimic Stories
Loey Lane, YouTube

What is a Mimic
The Black Cauldron, YouTube

What to Do When You See Your Doppelgänger, The Smithsonian Magazine

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