17th
July
2004
The Ship of Theseus
This is an interesting line of thought :
“Some ancient Greeks were exercised by the old problem of the ship of Theseus: This ship, composed of many planks, sails around from port to port. When in each port, some few of its planks are replaced by highly similar planks. After they are replaced, nothing very interesting ever happens with any of the old planks; they might even be allowed to rot. By the end of a year, say, after calling on many ports, all of the original planks have been replaced. . . . Even with all new planks and all new matter, it will be the same ship.
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