I would say that there is a stronger consensus that a human being can be reasonably described as a single entity than a human being using a reference resource.

I would say that there is a stronger consensus that a human being can be reasonably described as a single entity than a human being using a reference resource. A more apt comparison to my mind would be if a human being can be described as personally exerting strong nuclear force, just because their subatomic particles do, which I would happily answer "no."