What process is used in an effort to validate a claim?
At the root of it all, it’s the same process of entity identity by mentally abstracting by a specific SET OF DIFFERENTIATING CHARACTERISTICS. In mentally abstracting a human individual, we note a set of characteristics peculiar to that individual. Each such identity is a finite volitional, valuing, goal seeking entity. Each volitional entity attributes value to this or that according to beliefs and personal preference infinitely variable between individuals and in time and circumstance.