I'm not sure what you mean. In most programming languages there are different
kinds of comparison operators. For example, Common Lisp has EQ which compares
identity, EQL which compares values, EQUAL which checks for isomorphic objects,
and EQUALP which is recursive. By avoiding use of EQ (identity) we have more
costly comparisons, but they are transparent.
On 4/11/19, 11:17 AM, "Friam on behalf of Nick Thompson"
<friam-boun...@redfish.com on behalf of nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote:
Wait, Marcus, wait! Hang on, there! Didn't you just assert an identity?
Nick
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
Clark University
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
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On 4/11/19 10:08 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> What I'm pitching here is not to extend identity, but to annihilate it.
Can we, though? In the conversation about playing roles instead of simply
changing topics of conversation, there seemed to be quite a bit of push back in
the sense of "authenticity". I may not be remembering well. But my argument
for adopting roles was *in order to* allow for episodic people like me to avoid
the pressure by others to "have an identity" or identify with some group or
other. My lack of a coherent identity feels innate or learned at an early age.
I think I do a fair job of seeming normal despite my lack ... mostly through
attempts at consistency and efficiency. But I have to fight being offended when
someone "identifies" (pigeonholes) me.
If *I* can't annihilate my identity, I can't help but wonder who can?
Buddha?
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