How Do We Know Youre Really You? Has it ever occurred to you that life as we know it proceeds based on a series of assumptions that, I daresay, none of us tests against reality with any regularity?

For example, when you read this column, you assume that I have written it, because you see my name at the top and that devilishly handsome photo somewhere accompanying the text. But what does that prove?

After all (and I hope Im not dashing any fondly held dreams here), the late Ann Landers column (which also dispenses guru-like advice) is not written by her, unless she has found some way to communicate from beyond the grave. Yet we continue to see her name in print, and we see that vintage photo accompanying her columns in newspapers nationwide.

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