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by ghostdiver 4583 days ago
DNA is your UUID/GUID
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Unless you're one of a set of twins/triplets/etc.
append datetime string of birth. Boom problem solved.
What if the twins are delivered via Caesarean, with the exact same datetime recorded? Including datetime (even as a string) also includes the aforementioned falsehoods about time.
unless you have a twin, or other tuplet siblings.
or a clone:)
Unless you're a twin