Top 10 Things that Challenge the Misconception that Handwriting Can Be Associated with Peoples' Identities

1. The use of signatures dates back to Ancient Egypt, where pharaohs inscribed their names in stone, which has no connection to cursive handwriting

2. With eight billion people on the planet, there are not enough possible variations in handwriting for each person to have a completely unique style

3. Handwriting can be influenced by factors such as movement, lighting, hand dominance, and mental state

4. People frequently change their handwriting through training, as handwriting instruction is a common part of grade school

5. Misunderstandings in forensics have led to wrongful convictions, and handwriting analysis is not necessarily more reliable than other flawed forensic methods

6. The rise of art tracing and AI-generated art suggests that similar techniques could be applied to signatures, making handwriting identification unreliable

7. Autographs and permission slip signatures are often forged, with some fakes going undetected for decades

8. Handwriting has rarely been a decisive factor in criminal convictions, and retrials often dismiss it as unreliable evidence

9. Schools have stopped teaching cursive as a mandatory subject, suggesting that handwriting-based identification is becoming obsolete

10. Even AI cannot reliably determine authorship of handwriting on a large scale, making it unlikely that humans can do so accurately