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shminux comments on Disability Culture Meets the Transhumanist Condition - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: shminux 01 November 2011 03:57:28PM 0 points [-]

How much is one's identity in oneself, and how much is in other people's minds?

A large majority of German Jews before WWII were fully assimilated and considered themselves Germans, until they were rather sternly reminded of the difference. The situation was very nearly repeated in the Soviet Union around 1953, though Stalin's death interfered with the planned forced displacement and possibly worse. Still, the resulting anti-Jewish sentiment there never went away completely.

So, other people's minds often matter more than your own.