That's the same fallacy as the author of the article: No, Google doesnt “think you are an 18th century English criminal”, any more than it thinks the author “wa

That's the same fallacy as the author of the article: No, Google doesnt “think you are an 18th century English criminal”, any more than it thinks the author “was a dead physicist”. It knows that he, the 18th century English criminal, was an 18th century English criminal. Just like it knows that the other guy, the dead physicist, was a dead physicist. It isnt talking about you (or the OP author); it's not as if you two are the only ones ever to bear your names.