You have a boat going on a long journey. When the hull gets a hole, you patch the hole. Then the rudder breaks and you replace that. Then the mast, etc. By the time you get back home, you have replaced every individual component. Given that none of the parts are the same as when you left, is it still the same boat?
Ship of Theseus argument?
What’s Ship of Theseus?
You have a boat going on a long journey. When the hull gets a hole, you patch the hole. Then the rudder breaks and you replace that. Then the mast, etc. By the time you get back home, you have replaced every individual component. Given that none of the parts are the same as when you left, is it still the same boat?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
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