Identity and the Noise of Others' Perception

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0700

To understand this, we can look at how identity is typically verified. In daily life, identity is often reduced to data: name, place of birth, status, or occupation. As if with just that data, a person can be fully “understood.”

Something similar happens in biology. To recognize an organism, we need various indicators—from morphology and anatomy to physiology and even molecular data. It’s a complex process, and interestingly, taxonomy is often considered one of the “grayest” areas in biology.

Identity: The Living Organism Behind the Gray Matter

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0700

This confusion isn’t exactly new. It’s been lingering for a long time, reminding me of the doubts I once wrote about in Certainty. Back then, I questioned the certainty of our perception of the world. This time, I’m questioning the certainty of who is actually doing the perceiving.

There was a time when I felt like the “weird” one among “normal” people (honestly, I still feel weird now). As a communications student back then, the “normal” thing to do was to practice persuasion techniques or try to look confident in front of an audience. But in reality, I actively avoided it. Instead of joining discussions about practical methods, I spent most of my time sitting alone in front of the psychology faculty, imagining that if I were a psychology student, I’d confidently mock Sigmund Freud’s penis envy theory.

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