Talk:Recognition of human individuals
This article needs a discussion of what "personal identity" and "individual" mean: all of these distinctions are relevant to these issues, and vice versa: think of
- multiple civil identities for a single person
- multiple people with the same name
- genetically identical twins
- identity theft
- multiple personality disorder
- etc...
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I would say:
One individual (with possible problem of not recognizing as such):
- multiple civil identities for a single person
- multiple personality disorder
More individuals (with possible problem of not telling apart):
- multiple people with the same name (rather trivial and common)
- genetically identical twins
- identity theft
Usually more individuals, but borderline cases possible (recognition very easy, there are only few):
- conjoined twins: two people in a single genetically identical body, sometimes with a conjoined brain
Patrick 14:20 Apr 3, 2003 (UTC)
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Rename in "biometric identification"? --Nerd
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