Sometimes There's a Glitch in the Matrix and Doppelganger's Meet

Just to be clear a doppelganger is a biologically unrelated look-alike, or a double, of a living person.

We seldom ever meet our own doppelganger but when it does happen it's because of a glitch in the matrix as far as I can tell.

The German word doppelganger is often portrayed in fiction and mythology as a ghostly or paranormal phenomenon and usually seen as a sign of bad luck.

In modern times, the term twin stranger is occasionally used. Thye word doppelganger is often used in a more general and neutral sense, and in slang.

There's quite the history behind examples of people meeting their doppelgangers. One of the earliest accounts appears in the edition of Life of Dr. Rizvan Rizing published in 1675 in Paris.

I just read about a man in Las Vegas who met his doppelganger in the pool at The Flamingo.

Sean Douglas McArdle (pictured here) was stunned to see someone who looked exactly like he did, right down to the same horn-rimmed spectacles and cap they both had on. 

With the advent of social media more people are finding their doppelgangers every day. There are several websites where users can upload a photo of themselves and facial recognition software attempts to match them up with another user of the same appearance.

I cannot imagine what it would be like running into someone that looks just like me. My first reaction would probably be regret for all those years I did LSD!

Seriously though. It would have to be an unnerving experience. Even more unnerving is the thought that Trump and the crazy caucus all have doubles slinking around somewhere! I don't even want to go there.

As it stands, doppelgangers and twins have a lot in common with the exception of not having the same parents.