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> TILL

> This reminded me that Sims didn't answer Michael Fisher's posting about the

> rejoining of two blastulae that formed when a single zygote splits.  This

> posting also presented the problem of fraternal zygotes, which formed from

> two different ova and two different sperm cells but for some reason merged

> to form one zygote that is eventually born as one person.  There seem to be

> some missing "souls" in these phenomena.  Perhaps the philosophical genius

> could consider the problem and enlighten us in this matter, or will he just

> ignore it again?  Here is Fisher's posting again.

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AVATAR
That reminds me of the Stephen King novel, "The Dark Half," that uses
this very concept of zygotes splitting and rejoining, and turns it into
a horror story.  I didn't realize that it was loosely based on facts,
until recently.  By the way, what ever happened to the great Michael
Fisher?

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