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March 22, 2005
Digital Identity
Man, I can still remember the frustration in Metaphysics as we discussed identity. For every good theory on what constitutes identity put forth by a philosopher, there is a whole slew of critics arrayed on the firing line, shooting down the skeet with glee and Gettier-style counterexamples.
So, if things were tough in the philosophical sphere, where we have the luxuries of semantic vagueness and dialectical truths, not to mention freedom from worries in the implementation details, imagine what a state those who are attempting to craft a specification document for digital identity are in! "What is a digital identity?" they ask, and darn it if figuring that one out ain't chewing tough rubber.
[Bonus: You can ask me sometime as to what my favorite Chinese Room-style thought experiment is. It starts out with two twin sisters who grew up together all their lives, and then were unfortunately chosen by an evil genius for his diabolical experiment in identity in which select memories were shifted from their own perspective to the others...puts chills up my spine and most people to sleep.]
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