That’s not true at all.
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brezelradar@feddit.de 6 months agoAs most of the human cells die and get replaced within a few years, humans are already beings of Theseus.
CitizenKong@lemmy.world 6 months ago
MjolnirThyme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Roughly every 7 years for most of the body, major organs tend to take longer, more like 10. Your brain replaces cells at a way slower rate, you’ll only Theseus your brain about 80% at best if you live a long healthy life.
brezelradar@feddit.de 6 months ago
Yeah, there is a wide spread in distribution. Blood cells, skin epithelium and some gastric cells only live for a few days.