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>>4028725

Let's say that there's some method of hypnosis that allows a person to think that he's someone else.

Additionally, let's say that person Z knows this method of hypnosis, and uses it on person X, making him believe he's person Y.

As person Y, he commits a crime, dressed as person Y, and believing he's person Y. Afterwards, the hypnosis is reversed, and person X has no memory of the hypnosis or the crime.

Who dunnit? Would you say person Y did it? Person Y doesn't really exist, so can you say that he was a separate person, who committed the crime? Would a detective say 'person Y did it', or 'person X, thinking he was some imaginary person Y, disguised as this person Y, did it'?