[Discuss] 2 family members in government positions

[Thomas Dalton]

> > I've been tested for personality disorders: the worst I have is
> > bipolar. An average person can control their own mind and divide
> > its knowledge.
>
> Lyman, you *cannot* simply extrapolate from yourself to the world.  I
> think it's even a classic logical fallacy.  Even if you don't have a
> mental disorder, that doesn't mean that the ability to separate
> knowledge and personalities is something "an average person" has.

There's another way of interpreting that sentence.  He could mean an
average person can learn to do it.  Just as some memory master
advertising their masterclass might say "anyone can memorise an entire
pack of cards", they don't mean anyone can actually do it right now,
but that everyone has the potential to do it.