MARIANO TOMATIS

WONDER INJECTOR

Writer of science with the
mission of the magician:
to encourage people
to approach life in
a state of Wonder.

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Checking identities: is RealMaxMaven the real Max Maven?

«On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.», says a dog to another in a popular cartoon. (1) It is particularly true on Twitter, where a number of celebrities find themselves impersonated by fans. Sometimes the line blurs, and it is not easy to distinguish between the original and the impersonators.

If you search for Max Maven’s account, you will find @RealMaxMaven; does the nickname honestly refer to the “real” Max Maven? In this case, it is not difficult to check it. Just have a look on this conversation between Bill Mullins and the user @RealMaxMaven, dated May 8th, 2013:

@mullins_bill Your reminder was too late. Fortunately, it’ll happen again in August, in England.
— Max Maven (@RealMaxMaven) 09 maggio 2013

Enough to conclude that RealMaxMaven is the real Max Maven.

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(1) Peter Steiner, The New Yorker, July 5, 1993.