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Major trains of thought
Philosophy
Trainwrecks
Nature of Things
Fact of the Universe
Tolerance
Ship of Theseus
I'm 14 and this is deep
Words
Claim
Court
Redemption
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The idea that you have a “body” is an enormous oversimplification. Atoms enter (by themselves, and in the form of molecules) and leave the vicinity of what you think of as your body continuously. They are used or not, and some stay around for a while, while others leave.
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~Stumpy-the-peg, in this brilliant Reddit post.
Is the Ship of Theseus still the same ship?
Yes.
Unless you believe that you in your mother's womb, you when you were born, you when your were a toddler, 10 years, 20 years or when you will be 90 years old or even DEAD - if those are all different humans, THEN it's not the same ship.