🧩 Philosophy 11h ago · becausecurious

Sorry, you are still dead

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Epistemic status: A brief exploration based on court documents and contemporary reporting. My interpretation is tentative.
AI use: context research, grammar.
I don't remember how I stumbled upon the topic of legally dead people who are still alive. Basically, they are alive, but according to the government, they are dead. I was curious to examine documented examples and discovered Donald Miller's case.
In 1986, Donald Miller disappears from Arcadia, Ohio, leaving two daughters from a previous ma

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