Three babies. Three different families. One secret experiment.
We watched Three Identical Strangers (streaming on Netflix and Prime Video) and talked about nature vs nurture, the ethics of social science, and how far researchers will go to get answers. We dug into class, identity, parenting, and what happens when someone else decides the path your life will take.
If you’ve ever wondered how much of who you are comes from your genes and how much comes from your upbringing… you’ll probably like this documentary.
→ Next episode we’ll be discussing 2 UFO video essays by @LEMMiNO on YouTube. One’s called “The Unknowns: Mystifying UFO Cases” and the other is called “Extraordinary Until Proven Otherwise”.
Timestamps!
00:00 - Intro
01:51 - Doc synopsis
02:57 - Discussion starts
27:24 - Tangent 1: Ethics vs Morals
44:48 - Tangent 2: Why did they hide the psychiatric issues in the doc? Why didn’t they talk about Bobby’s run-in with the law?
1:07:27 - Tangent 3: Is Drake and Leonardo Dicaprio’s preference for younger women a genetic thing?
1:12:57 - Tangent 4: What matters more, nature or nurture?
1:30:28 - Green Room starts (off-topic discussions)