The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics, such as sex, eye color, age and Social Security number.
No one's fingerprints are exactly the same as anyone else's.
To me there is a name for each person. I think it’s marvelous to have a name. A woman is not a woman. It’s either Gena or my mother or some other person.
There was already a famous Sternberg in psychology and it was obvious there would not be another.
In this world one must have a name; it prevents confusion, even when it does not establish identity. Some, though, are known by numbers, which also seem inadequate distinctions.
What proplets do is they look to the blockchain to see who owns them; they are kind of like SIM cards today - they know where they are at.
Odd, interesting names are good to me.
Proper names are rigid designators.
He's just simply John5 because he's the fifth person that we've hired. In the future, everyone will have numbers instead of names