How do you know? You aren’t a number. :P More seriously, I know how much philosophers love their “what is it like to be …” phrasing but there are a host of emb

How do you know? You aren’t a number. :P More seriously, I know how much philosophers love their “what is it like to be …” phrasing but there are a host of embedded assumptions which are seldom even acknowledged, let alone examined or defended.