OT: An Existential Dilemma

[Zapmeister]

In a separate thread (Deception?) I posed the tongue-in-cheek idea that Norfleet and Cainehill are aliases owned by the same person. Then I went to lunch.

While I was out, it occurred to me that there's no way of knowing that identity fraud is not pandemic in any internet forum. For all I know, Norfleet and I are the only contributors here.

Is it possible to prove otherwise? In the movie "X-Men", when Wolverine was under suspicion (was he really Mystique?) Cyclops challenged him to prove his identity. Wolverine said simply "You're a dick" and that was good enough for Cyclops.

But really, that's not good enough even if you are a dick. The sad truth is that no poll result can be trusted, and we must take identity diversity on faith.

That said, even I have to admit that Stormbinder is probably not Norfleet. But less strident critics could be Norfleet, who realizes that I'd see through this immediately if there were no token anti-Norfleeters in the mix.

Finally, it has also occurred to me that the entire forum population could be a creation of the guy in office next door, with a compulsive desire to perplex me. I'd better go now, and beat him up.