Identity

Personal identity is pretty stupid. Here I will use the definition of identity as "the relation established by psychological identification" [1], where psychological identification is the "psychological orientation of the self in regard to something (such as a person or group) with a resulting feeling of close emotional association" [1]. It follows easily that identity is irrational, as it is has "close emotional association" and emotions aren't rational (emotions evolved in the physical world, free-will is the source of intelligence in my philosophical system, free-will isn't physical). Furthermore, identity stymies intellectual discourse as the psychological association of oneself with an intellectual concept makes it much harder for one to change one's mind on a topic. It is obvious that we will need to change our mind on something at some point, as we are imperfect, and the point of intellectual discourse is to challenge your beliefs by putting it in the flame of other's rationality - without your own biases and mistakes - to strengthen everyone's beliefs. This is a problem that seems to be pervasive in the modern approach to conversation, especially political ones. This is expanded upon in [2]

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/identity
[2] https://waitbutwhy.com/2019/12/political-disney-world.html