• slazer2au
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    1810 months ago

    Yes. Because who doesn’t like a good ship of Thesius analogy.

  • @JoeKrogan
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    710 months ago

    The you from 5 years ago was different from the you now but still considered you even though many cells have changed since then.

    • @[email protected]
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      310 months ago

      a man can never cross the same river twice since it is no longer the same river nor is he the same man

  • @TeaHands
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    410 months ago

    No but it wasn’t the same axe you inherited ten seconds after you inherited it, either.

    • @[email protected]
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      210 months 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
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        210 months ago

        Ahhh yes, the Star Trek death chambers. I mean “transporters”.

  • @GutterPunch
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    310 months 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.

    • @QuadhammerOP
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      210 months 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
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    310 months ago

    It was never really grampa’s axe in the first place—he was just licensing the technology.

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    310 months ago

    A broken handle means a trip to the hardware store. You explain the red stains away as bbq sauce.