Day 11 of 365
January 11
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Philosophy The Ship of Theseus Paradox
This ancient thought experiment questions identity over time: if you replace every plank of a ship one by one, is it still the same ship? If you then build a new ship from the original planks, which is the real Ship of Theseus? This paradox has implications for understanding personal identity, consciousness, and what makes something fundamentally 'itself.'
Did you know?
This same paradox applies to the human body - almost all your cells are replaced every 7-10 years!
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