Philosophy Wire: Identity.

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Physicists and materials scientists should need to reevaluate their work if they study iridium-based materials - members of the platinum family - when they are ultra-thin. Iridium 'loses its identity' and its electrons act oddly in an ultra-thin film when interfaced with nickel-based layers, which have an unexpectedly strong impact on iridium ions. [1] Stunning. But not so stunning after all. Since this applies to everything. Everything which is interconnected and interlinked with everything else. No, we do not lose our identity when interfacing with others! To the contrary: This helps us build our identity! Look at a void cosmos. Can you be in such a cosmos? But you do. You are you. In a cosmos constantly shifting you can still feel stable. How could that happen? Check your premises. For only false premises result in unanswered questions. Yes, you are you. But only because you were never “you” in the first place…

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