Certain definitions introduce appropriate concepts, among which are the definitions of the counting functions of the primes and twin primes, along with definitions of the correlation coefficient in a bivariate sample space. It is argued conjecturally that the characteristic functions of the prime "p" and of the quantity "p"+2 are highly correlated, based upon the observed behaviour of their corresponding counting functions. This conjecture implies the truth of the famous "weak twin primes conjecture" (WTPC). In conclusion, this same argument may be used to advance the truth of other famous number theoretic conjectures, such as the Goldbach conjecture.