Why am I this person and not someone else?

[Richard87]

Why am I who I am, and not someone else, like say, Bill Gates?

 

[JerryClower]

That is the equivalent of saying "why does green have the attributes of green, and not the attributes of another color."

 

[JoeDawg]

Why am I who I am, and not someone else, like say, Bill Gates?

Because Bill Gates got there first?

 

[sylas]

Your mother and I have always wondered whether to tell you this, but it looks like now we have to.

You *are* someone else.

 

[Evo]

Your mother and I have always wondered whether to tell you this, but it looks like now we have to.

You *are* someone else.

Maybe you will get an invite to dinner after all. Maybe. Bring alaskan king crab legs, LOTS of them.

 

[magnusrobot12]

you are who you are because you view the world through your reality tunnel. this concept was brought to the mainstream by the 20th century satirist Robert Anton Wilson.

 

[Newai]

Why am I who I am, and not someone else, like say, Bill Gates?

Eh, if this was possible, where would it stop? Wouldn't you be anyone and everyone? Because there isn't a limit imposed on the idea that you would be "someone else."

 

[EnumaElish]

Your mother and I have always wondered whether to tell you this, but it looks like now we have to.

You *are* someone else.

Dad!