The you from 5 years ago was different from the you now but still considered you even though many cells have changed since then.
Your grandpas axe. It's got a new head and handle, but the same advanced sentient intelligence. Is it the same axe?
Submitted 1 year ago by Quadhammer@lemmy.world to general@lemmy.world
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JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 year ago
a man can never cross the same river twice since it is no longer the same river nor is he the same man
BatrickPateman@feddit.de 1 year ago
[deleted]Knusper@feddit.de 1 year ago
I guess, it’s supposed to be a philosophical question, akin to the Ship of Theseus.
There’s this myth that every X years, all cells in your body have been completely replaced. Or another way to come to this discussion is via scifi cloning / teleportation, where your body is constructed anew (and in the case of teleportation, deconstructed at your departure location).
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ahhh yes, the Star Trek death chambers. I mean “transporters”.
Wodge@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ah, the ol’ Trigger’s Broom!
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
The dwarfs of ankh-morpork say yes
108@kbin.social 1 year ago
A broken handle means a trip to the hardware store. You explain the red stains away as bbq sauce.
Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It is our axe komrad
GutterPunch@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Did he upgrade the head and handle? If so, it’s still your grandpa’s axe. Did you upgrade the axe? It might now be an axe of your own making. If “same” is extended not just to refer to the materials, but refers to fourth-dimensional quantum axe states, the axe stops being your grandpas axe the moment your grandpa isn’t chopping with it, but becomes his axe any time he returns to use it.
Quadhammer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
But the axe has all the same memories and personality. It remembers the good and bad times. It tells you jokes and will help you move a refrigerator on the weekend
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It was never really grampa’s axe in the first place—he was just licensing the technology.
TeaHands@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No but it wasn’t the same axe you inherited ten seconds after you inherited it, either.
TheLameSauce@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I see you have also seen/read John Dies at the End
slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes. Because who doesn’t like a good ship of Thesius analogy.