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Originally posted by Sydney
They highlighted the story of one woman who actually had XY chromosomes. So genetically, she was a man, but she had a condition called androgen sensitivity syndrome, which rendered her body unable to respond to male hormones. Because all embryos begin as female before the surge of testosterone that causes male genitalia to develop, she kept female external genitalia. During her teenage years, she never had her period and she later discovered that she had no ovaries, nor a womb, and that her chromosomes were those of a man's.
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I just saw a documentary about twins last week and there was a story of these teen-aged twins, who were identical, but different gender. I'm not sure if the girl had x and y chromosomes, or if she had just one x chromosome...
I think she had just one x, but I'm not sure... I can't remember all the medical stuff, but I remember the father saying that one day they'll have to tell the girl that she'll never be like other girls and that she can never have children. It's a miracle, that she's even lived so long according to the doctors...
There was also a very interesting story of these two women, who were Siamese twins. They were connected to each other by their heads, looking at oppposite directions and they both had just one eye. The other one was paralyzed downwards form her neck and she had this special wheelchair and her sister pushed her everywhere. I can only imagine how difficult their lives must be... But they said, that if they had the change for an operation to separate them, they wouldn't go for it! Well I think they're used to living like that, because they've lived like that for 25-30 years, or something and they would probably miss the other one, if she suddenly wasn't there. One thing I found sad, was the fact that they're always together, but they can never see the other one from face to face...
The twins were really different. The other one was more down to earth when the other one had big dreams for her future. The other one had short straight brown hair, when the other one had long curly red hair (well the halves of their shared hair). The other one loved cooking when the other one loved country music etc... The interesting thing was that in the end of the show the doctors found out that they shared a large part of their brains! But still they've got their own minds and personalities and they can't feel each other's pain. They also share the same blood circulation. The other one was explaining that if she'd get drunk, her sister would get the alcohol in her blood as well, but she wouldn't get drunk. I didn't quite understand how this works...
I went a bit off topic here...
Oh well... I wouldn't want to live forever! Definitely not. I wouldn't want to see all the horrible things yet to come by human kind. I'm happy I'll get out of here before we have destroyed our whole planet...
And... quote from Faroukh Bulsara: "Who waits forever anyway?"
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Originally posted by Sydney
If I was immortal I'd scheme a plan to rule the universe. I'd have all the time in the world to devise my plan.
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What would you do, if you were the ruler of the universe, then?