Could Your Dopplegänger Actually Be Related to You?

[@originalcyn]

Oh that thumbnail is so disturbing. I am familiar with both Hank and Joe’s work and faces, but I’d never noted the resemblance. But now I’m never going to unsee it.

[@drakan4769]

oh god I hadn't noticed the thumbnail

[@cai6972]

Right? I just noticed they look similar, it's just the chin and front of the hair that kinda gives it up but i wonder what would happen of Joe walked in Hank's house.

[@kruton93]

I thought they were the same person hosting both shows for years until earlier this year. My world was so shook

[@k7999]

My brain saved it as a new face i had to go back and look again 😂

[@neonnsteel]

Pretty sure they are brothers not sure why they have diff surnames

[@Alchemydude667]

I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt a tall male-presenting person with glasses is going to win this quiz show

[@Azzarinne]

I'm gonna take a bold step and say that not only will the winner be a tall male-presenting glasses-wearer, he will also be a blonde science communicator!

[@jmz1736]

@@Azzarinne is the other guy blond?

[@nerine9301]

@@jmz1736 dishwater blond!

[@mlck24]

Adding that he's wearing a blue and collared shirt.

[@A.Mayflower127]

The one who is tall, has dark brown hair and has a KZbin channel where they enjoy talking about Science?

[@JonTheMiniBeastHadden]

WHY DIDNT YOU SHOW A PICTURE OF THE BABY BIRD!! IM SO UPSET!!

[@viceliag3916]

We have been robbed

[@smooth_Koala]

yea i was disappointed too, BUT DO google it, because the baby bird is super cute and looks a LOT like the caterpillar

[@SlyPearTree]

All the ones they found must have had costly copyrights.

[@erniepaj]

steve honeybadger i was here for that sigh

[@youmaycallmeken]

newsofbird.wordpress.com/2014/12/18/amazonian-bird-chicks-mimic-poisonous-caterpillar-to-avoid-detection/

[@nintando]

conspiracy theory: joe is actually dave green

[@Roll587]

I just had the same thought 😂

[@bulbulsingh1860]

He's exactly what I thought Dave looked like

[@quilespiritu]

HAHAHA

[@theartistscorner689]

They are actually both John Green the author.

[@katiebrobst6901]

+

[@Ngamotu83]

Joe has taught us a valuable lesson today: it's okay to be smarter than your doppleganger.

[@dinofearme1]

Michael Gibb ouch I can feel that hit in Hanks gut

[@gubjorggisladottir3525]

@Delta Lima Bravo well, they are both married and have 1 child... (both boys I think)

[@harshbing8123]

I actually think Hank is smarter but okay

[@paraworldblue]

Their actual second guest canceled at the last minute, so rather than postpone the shoot, they just had Hank do the whole thing twice from opposite sides and edited them together.

[@sebastianelytron8450]

Wait, Hank Green and Joe Hanson are TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE?!?!😲😱

[@rjaneization]

So weird

[@nerine9301]

They're identical cousins, right?

[@SciShow]

We were just as surprised.

[@Slattery777]

This is so truly Greg right now

[@MyLifeMyWay]

Hahaha I literally only learned this two weeks ago 😆

[@TalynCo]

Man they did a good job on the editing managing to make this look consistent with footage from both before AND after Hank got his jaw job done.

[@melaniescarlet01]

Did Hank really get a jaw job?

[@jlammetje]

@@melaniescarlet01 I think the joke is that Hank and Joe look alike and are supposed to be the same person but before/after a jaw job ;-)

[@melaniescarlet01]

@@jlammetje oh thanks! 😅

[@gewuerzgurkeev]

I do not know what they put in stephan's drink, but I want that!

[@nerine9301]

Magic mushrooms dude!🤯

[@timmcdaniel6193]

Whatever it was, it needs to be banned.

[@nerine9301]

@@timmcdaniel6193 what, did stoner Stephan creep you out?😄😅😂🤣🤯

[@1224chrisng]

the drink itself is ether, xylene and acetone, all mixed together, all in an unventlated warehouse

[@G33KST4R]

It's magic. They put magic in his drink.

[@woodfur00]

Wait, so if you make him embarrassed, will he be Scarlet Joe Hanson?

[@EZboyrocks]

woodfur00 i hate how clever this is

[@demonking86420]

Stop it

[@gabrieleporru4443]

*Scarlett Joe HANKson*

[@emeraldemperor2601]

that is either really bad or really good

[@kickballfever]

@@emeraldemperor2601 Both.

[@hollygarfield123]

“friends beyond the binary” always makes me soo happy

[@Moon_Thief_420]

I was just popping over to the comments to express my joy at that phrase! 💗I'm nonbinary, and have never heard that opening greeting before. I absolutely love it!

[@unicornswag888]

Sometimes your Doppelganger is way hotter than you.

[@rustyraltz6848]

Muscle Hank you’re my hero

[@tay012]

I’ve missed you Muscle Hank

[@muhammadsukriramli8041]

Finally your here

[@tengil4595]

*Looks at username* “oooOooOh”

[@missoula2213]

@@muhammadsukriramli8041 You're *

[@aaronliu9945]

Why didn't anyone invite Muscle Hank?

[@SciShow]

Muscle Hank is always invited! Standing invitation.

[@StigDesign]

@@SciShow Hank`s Brother is more identical than Joe Hanson? Maby have all 3 :D

[@Azzarinne]

He stays away out of respect for their button and table. He doesn't want to replace them after each question.

[@muhammadsukriramli8041]

@@1000Tomatoes fusion dance? Goku!!!!

[@joost199207]

"A bird, native to the Amazon rainforest". Yea, for now. Don't get attached.

[@melaniescarlet01]

F**k

[@beccaisanerd671]

😢

[@snowleopard4890]

Why? Why would you be a Debby downer right now? Tell is what to do about it or stop.

[@TatsukiHashida]

I knew joe and hank looked similar, but I didn’t think it was that similar

[@xzonia1]

Same. I was surprised seeing them side by side. It'd be so funny if they dressed alike and then walked around to see if strangers asked them if they were twins. X) (I know they're both too busy for such silliness though.)

[@MaxGlockTheEpicChicken1]

I'm getting chills from the prize zone

[@sandyxloredo]

Joe Hanson looks more like Hank Greens brother then Hank Green brother looks more like Hank Green

[@Joe_Potts]

Um... ....WHAT? 🤕

[@k.w.3885]

@@Joe_Potts Joe looks more like what you'd expect Hank's brother to look like than Hank's real brother.

[@robertt9342]

K. W. . I disagree.

[@siyacer]

Lol

[@brianjensen5661]

This comment is a cognitohazard

[@RedwoodGeorge]

They should have titled this episode "It's Okay To Be Hank"

[@WenzelSays]

Was anyone else ready for him to just start listing all the places where you could find Hank?

[@besmart]

🙀🙀

[@muhammadrayhanfirdaus1309]

Love your show, guys.

[@daniel_pinilla]

Where are your likes?

[@adamqazsedc]

Omg, you guys are in the comments too

[@Niinkai]

The stars of Weird Al's hit song, Tall & Nerdy

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

Everybody gangsta till the doppelgangers start doppelgangering

[@justinl2009]

@\\Hugh M Janus// Wha- *my doppelganger grabs a knife*

[@siyacer]

Doppelgangsta

[@z.deutch1334]

They look different, Joe has a bigger, more defined chin and longer face than Hank. Hank has bigger ears and slightly larger nose than Joe. Joe has different shaped eyes/eyelids compared to Hank (Hank's more rounded, Joe's more hooded). Hank also has bigger incisors, whereas Joe's incisors' sizes are more inline with the rest of his teeth. Their similarities are both wears glasses, both have similar lips, similar complexion and skin colour, similar hair and both are white males of a similar age.

[@Aphelia.]

Wow

[@srilakshmidevanathan8334]

Wow love the detailed analysis

[@stormygirl1989]

I don’t really think they look a like at all but detail oriented as well

[@NamirahWolfrik]

Acknowledgement for the nonbinary peoples glad to hear it much respect

[@qwertyuoip1234]

I thought hank looked weird in the thumbnail..

[@nerine9301]

Only the half that was really Joe!🤯🤯🤯🤣🤣🤣

[@dough9950]

Up next: Simon whistler vs Michael from vsauce...

[@ZunarZulfiqar]

I know them both too well. Although, Micheal's beard has recently gone a little out of hand. Also, I think he's lost it.

[@luisamarales6209]

Omg this realisation made me laugh out loud

[@Goldenheart_345]

Jokes on you, I'm watching this video from my hotel room in Hawaii

[@MySerpentine]

I live in Hawaii!

[@Mryeo5354]

And I don't!

[@ShadoFoxx]

OH MY GOD THE GREETING! "Ladies, gentlemen, and friends beyond the binary" THANK YOU FOR THIS!!! ❤

[@glenngriffon8032]

Am I the only person who finds it bothersome when scientists describe animal mimicry and behavior like it's consciously? Like, baby birds don't grow in such a way because they know there's a toxic caterpillar in the area and weaving in such a way will mimic that. They aren't thinking "I will act like that bug over there!" It's just a evolutionary quirk that happens. Walking sticks don't consciously grow a stick shaped body to look like a stick any more than I purposely, and consciously grow brown hair or produce skin cells with little melanin. I will concede that the octopus is probably smart enough to be consciously aware of what it's doing in its mimicry.

[@karlerikson8231]

I see your point, however I know sensory organs relay information to a brain. I believe a brain= consciousness, though different for every animal.

[@uiomancannot7931]

There's a toxic caterpillar in your area. Click now.

[@canijust101]

Uioman Cannot Toxic caterpillar in my house? It’s more likely than you think.

[@fraserhenderson7839]

There is a general failure in media to correctly depict evolutionary action, even by those who understand. In simple terms, random genetic mutations (may or may not) have a (positive or negative) effect (if any) on survival of those possessing the new expressed trait(s). Environmental conditions also change randomly and abruptly, causing positive traits to lose value while enhancing the value of previously less desirable traits. In this case, slightly orange, slightly fuzzy chicks lasted slightly better and evolution drove the appearance and behavior of the chicks to increasingly mimic something very distasteful to eat. The main ingredient for these astounding but rather common transformations is time, plenty of time. Remember, we only just arrived here ourselves.

[@glenngriffon8032]

@@samarnadra It's more likely to be instinct that the spider puts it's legs up to look like antennae than genuine thought to try and look even more like an ant but I do believe that animals which hunt have a larger capacity for thought, even rudimentary thought, than other animals. It's just a pet peeve of mine to hear people describe passive things in an active way. Which is how I really should have worded my original post. To go back to my skin analogy if I get freckles, I'm not active making them, they just appeared on me cause of time spent outside in the sun. It's a mechanism my body is doing on its own, but if I were in a nature documentary you might hear Attenborough speaking saying like - "Her skin is not adapted for her climate this close to the equator. The sun's harmful UV rays are dangerous and can cause harmful, even deadly repercussions, but she has a trick up her sleeve... To protect her skin from the sun she will change the pigments in her skin. She will increase the production of melanin and develop spots upon her skin which will protect her from the sun. It's not a perfect defense, but it's better than nothing."

[@Benzy670]

This feels like watching The Parent Trap.

[@DrawnByDandy]

Their dynamic is so competitive yet playful, I love it

[@ridaimran7565]

Joe: I made a video about this Me: I'VE SEEN IT. I'VE SEEN THEM ALL

[@theunironicpeasant4266]

Bruh they just look even more like each other now actually standing face to face 🤣

[@robertt9342]

Face blindness?

[@connie1wilson]

Joe has a stronger chin.

[@valiroime]

They have a similar style, but don’t actually look alike. Honestly, I’m getting more of a Kevin Bacon vibe from Joe, even down to his vocal characteristics.

[@JustMeJH]

Hey everyone, thanks for the mimicry I had requested! Coating the entire episode in fun, sciency goodness was the cherry on top! :)

[@someguysomeone3543]

Makes me wonder, we've never seen childish Gambino and Donald Glover at the same time or in the same room?

[@Markovisch]

or Troy Barnes. Triplets?

[@ayelemensah8816]

But what about Dwayne Johnson and The Rock though?!

[@revolver265]

We actually see them both as well as 2 other lookalikes in Sweatpants. Not sure about the waitresses though, they look kinda similar but can't be sure...

[@matthewharris-levesque5809]

MISSED an opportunity. Should have swapped sides halfway thru to see who noticed.

[@AGDinCA]

About that jawfish... Although it's documented as opportunistic right now, the jawfish's technique of using the octopus's coloring as cover might turn into some sort of preferential adaptation down the road... particularly if certain jawfish colorations look more like the octopus than others. This might be a good example of how at least one process of evolution by natural selection begins.

[@noahmartin2130]

Stephen you’re scaring me

[@Marco_Onyxheart]

Thaumoctopus mimicus. They literally called it "magic mimic octopus"?

[@Mewngiboongi]

Two of my favourite people for science nerdism. Never thought they were similar until they stood side by side. ** Side note nerds be nerd. Every nerd on this show makes me happy to be alive and are sigle handedly resposible for why i will now go be a patreon supporter for both shows.

[@hausofjulian]

"Ladies, gentlemen, and friends beyond the binary" I AM SOFT UWU

[@siyacer]

You sound young

[@discgolftrainnut]

In junior high school there was a guy who looked as close to exactly like me that we swapped classes, and once even went home to each other's houses and fooled our parents.

[@krazykkarl]

Don't feel bad, I thought the "today I found out" guy was the vsauce guy for the longest time

[@yticivam]

RIGHT?! 😂 I'm still not confident I can tell them apart.

[@austenhead5303]

Whaaaat? Which Vsauce guy? There are three.

[@aliceignis]

O.o oh my god! He is not?! I really didn't know! 😲

[@xzonia1]

Lol. Simon and Michael do bear a resemblance, but Simon has a British accent and Michael doesn't, so I've never confused them.

[@blueskyla7978]

Same. It was only when I started watching more of both I realized that. Doesn’t help that Michael has multiple channels anyhow. Hard to sort them all out sometimes when so many have such similar features.

[@nerine9301]

This was one of the best episodes of "SciShow Quiz Show" I've seen. Hank, awesome raspberry!😄😅😂🤣👍👍👍👍

[@marytocco4180]

I love Joe!

[@nerine9301]

@@marytocco4180 I like both of them. They're unashamedly nerdy!🤯🤯🤯

[@wwiinnggnnuutt]

Michael I am so happy to see you so much on SciShow again. Also 💕 the tie! 😎

[@Jemima1377]

That was an especially fun one. Reinvite Joe at some point please?

[@MsAwesomeify]

Me, scrolling my subscriptions quickly: Is that Joe Hanson on a SciShow video? [While scrolling back] Oh it's Hank [Finally registers] :o

[@mr.animation5259]

It's weird for me to see them interacting with one another, I'm so used to it being only one of them on the screen at a time.

[@galit6440]

Hank :" I'm not silly anymore,too old" Also Hank - bets fart noise and also actually pays it

[@wings0sgniw]

Hank singing the theme song is the best part of this episode. (Although the prize zone was really awesome too)

[@surabhi_kumari]

" I don't normally feel short but I feel short. " 😂

[@blueskyla7978]

Made me wonder how tall those guys must be. It’s like when an already tall person gets next to someone 7’+ and they look average at best.

[@Carneyar_the_Druid]

@@blueskyla7978 In another quiz show Michael said he's 6' and the contestants were Hank & Reid Reimers from Scishow Space. Michael barely reached Reid's shoulder :)

[@FinnickH]

Loved the "friends beyond the binary" ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@BeastOfTraal]

The perfect guest for an episode about doppelgangers

[@ssiddarth]

Yes 😬 I was waiting for this episode since so long & it was totally worth the wait, loved it. Thanks Scishow

[@tobytobtob7450]

The thumbnail is so similar and yet so different

[@thesuccessfulone]

It's a fusion of their faces...

[@WolfSmudge]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who boops and doops the outro! I always do so automatically and I was like, wait WHAT ANOTHER VOICE?? Truly a mimicry episode 😂

[@Roll587]

I love all of these people. Well done.

[@GingerGingie]

Loved this show! So fun to see everyone come together making jokes and playing the quiz. Such a fun way to learn a bit about some of these amazing creatures and studies! Thanks to all!!

[@abbieq11]

SciShow Quiz Show, the most recent Quiz Show on SciShow

[@IcyPandaGirl]

If having a doppelganger is 1 in a trillion, what are the odds of having them as your roommate too?

[@MorRobots]

Seriously, Id like to know Joe and Hank's first common ancestor. I would not be surprised if it was within 5 generation.

[@bobjoefred777]

Hank singing the outro song was the best part!

[@novaoak7297]

this is my fav sci show episode. its funny and quizes with sci nerds is always good.

[@aaronrogers2822]

And Stephan does his part so well lol, he gets so excited every time and its still not stale!

[@LittleWaffle]

Well, that was hilarious 😂 Thank you for putting together all these great shows! You make my sick days so much more bearable 🤧 You all rock 💪

[@magpielark]

I did not like Stefan's prize zone energy today. A frightening vibe.

[@MeruXYZ]

I loved it. He seems more comfortable now lol

[@froggyplatypus]

Book a trip to Hawaii. You have to. Do it now. They know,where you live.

[@AntonConstanti]

I liked it

[@estergrant6713]

thats so awesome i saw joe at my job and i was like omg wow are you the giy fron sci-show? and he was like no but we look alike. i was like my bad i mix yall up a lot. super cool. i actually looked for this video cuz he told me it existed

[@Tiffany56765]

I watch both and I’m only seeing how similar they are now

[@pigcatapult]

I have prosopagnosia (face blindness) and Joe’s head shape is taller than Hank’s. I’ve never confused them. I literally cannot see what is tripping up y’all face-seeing folks.

[@brandonhughes645]

Wow, the semi identical twins fact blew my mind! I was always taught that couldn't happen.

[@AntonConstanti]

Stephan showing the prizes was funny

[@sophiaruizuvalle2523]

OMG IT TOOK ME WAY TO LONG TO REALIZE THAT THE THUMBNAIL WAS MORE THAN ONE PERSON

[@dianatamayo3379]

This is THE ambitious crossover we did not know we needed.

[@Starfals]

It's like watching our Hank and a cooler Hank from a parallel universe. :P (Joking! Our Hank is the best!)

[@kohotokun]

This is more fun than I was expecting it to be but I think you could definitely make like an extended version of this.

[@thesuccessfulone]

I do know you from this KZbin channel. It's true.

[@Skweepa]

My most favorite SciShow Quiz Show EVER. Feels like a dream? Anyway, everyone was extra adorable in this one.

[@marsamet128]

I was like "joe hanson? That looks like hank's brother. Why isn't his last name green?"

[@Roll587]

Maybe Joe Hanson is the real Dave Green?

[@doctorbobstone]

So, assuming I'm applying the birthday paradox correctly, a 1 in a trillion chance of two faces matching on those 8 facial characteristics means that in any database of more than a million people, you're going to (with more than 50% probably) find at least one pair of people who match. So, for the roughly 7.5 billion people on Earth, you need to add enough characteristics to drop the chance of two faces matching to around 1 in 10^20 if you want a less than 50% chance of at least one pair of doppelgangers in your world wide database.

[@BadCookWhoJudgesChefs]

"One of the highest profile twin studies conducted" If Dr. Mengele was your first thought, you're not alone.

[@brandoncovert6182]

best episode yet to of my favorite youtubers ever.

[@ptsg]

Could you guys do a video on the forest fire in the Amazon and the effects on it? The 2 minute news video's don't really give that much info..

[@meow6]

May I suggest Hank's recent video on the vlogbrothers channel: The Amazon isn't "Burning" - It's Being Burned?

[@gheraldinetaping4389]

That coffee question was discussed during a sci show tangent episode so i was really expecting Hank to get it right.

[@chrissscottt]

I'd imagine that a toxic comb-over would be just as off putting as a toxic caterpillar.

[@djgulston]

I'm tripping balls, man! Having Joe and Hank in the same video is just wild!

[@lolscience1979]

Honestly I had more trouble with the fact the hank and John are two individuals

[@freddiesimmons1394]

I dont understand how these people still havent worked out that the odds of winning with a random guess is the same if you go first or if you wait.

[@woodfur00]

I just now realized that

[@c.harris3411]

She is a very good presenter, very confident and a good speaker 🤘🏻

[@MrMerlinsMagic]

I watch both of you all the time and this video was great. Thanks for getting together and making such a fun video!

[@raena-willowdeveruoix4631]

As a a tangents listener, I need to see this couch, Sary, and Sam. I've googled all these things but I want a VIDEO of tangents Just one?

[@Zineeta]

OMG yes! This needs to happen.

[@aliceignis]

What a great episode! I was so surprised to see Joe, because i didn't niticed him in the thumbnail 😂 I love SciShow *and* it's ok to be smart!

[@pyrotheevilplatypus]

What about superfecund dizygotic twins? You'd think that would warrant being something separate than traditional fraternal twins.

[@olafelsberry9271]

Joe Hanson and Hank Green are definitely doppelgangers

[@Cardboardboxy]

Yesssss 🙂🙃🙃🙂 You guys finally put a real commercial break in ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼

[@sleepymari1275]

this was fun, thanks guys

[@MushroomCloudOfDoom]

The prize zone gets funner and funnier every episode XD

[@lisaheisey6168]

Just yesterday, for the 5th time, I had someone say to me "I saw your doppelganger!", after seeing someone who they claimed looked identical to me and who was walking into the same hospital, that I was at yesterday. Sometimes, they refer to the other person as my "twin". My then manager, at my job, claimed to have seen me on a street, which I hadn't been on in years. A cashier at a store said, she knew my "twin" from junior high school and her name is Rachel. I also went to that same school, but my "twin" was apparently 2 years ahead of me. Another time, a stranger mistook me for my "twin" and said my "twin" & I both wore the same long, metallic mauve trench coat, which weren't that common. The scary thing is, that one of those times, it was my own mom & dad who said they saw my "twin". My mom said, "I kept calling your name, but you just kept on walking. Why did you ignore me?" I was miles away at my job, when my parents saw this "twin" of mine. Who knows exactly what you look like, more than your own parents? Each of those sightings happened within about a 10 mile area. So, I keep waiting to run into my "twin/doppelganger" at some point.

[@piae106]

twin studies... has anyone here watched Three Identical Strangers?

[@alysonshorthouse8858]

Yes, that was really weird

[@TeslaMaster2]

My two favorite science communicators facing off in a battle of wits. *puts feet up and enjoys*

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

Funny, Hank and Joe could pass as (unrelated) twins.

[@jamaldeep13]

I am simultaneously shocked that Joe and Hank aren't the same person, and relieved that I am far from the only one to have confused the two.