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The Ship Of Theseus (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's exactly what the comic is about. If we follow the artificial replacement of your body argument, then over time you could change it into an airplane. Would you stop being you at that point?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you change a boat into a wagon, is the boat a wagon or is the wagon a boat?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's a transition of an entity that used to be a boat into a wagon. This really isn't that difficult of a concept.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

used to be a boat

So it's not Theseus's ship anymore, which is my point.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I mean that's literally the punchline of the comic.