[FRIAM] /Topic Latent in: Latent Topics was: enough sleep?

[Marcus Daniels]

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-bounces at redfish.com on behalf of nickthompson at 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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