Sandman Expert Licensed User Longtime User May 30, 2023 #1 Attachments 1685436443900.png 503.3 KB · Views: 351
Erel B4X founder Staff member Licensed User Longtime User May 30, 2023 #2 Interesting. I wasn't familiar with this question - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
Sandman Expert Licensed User Longtime User May 30, 2023 #3 Yeah, it's a really interesting question, quite the mind-bender. Ultimately it's about identity. It also opens up things like this (copied from the Wikipedia page, slightly edited by me): Centuries later, the philosopher Thomas Hobbes extended the thought experiment by supposing that a custodian gathered up all of the decayed parts of the ship as they were disposed of and replaced by the Athenians, and used those decaying planks to build a second ship. Hobbes posed the question of which of the two resulting ships was the same ship as the "original" ship. And if so - when did the second ship start its existence? Good luck answering that captcha in a correct way.
Yeah, it's a really interesting question, quite the mind-bender. Ultimately it's about identity. It also opens up things like this (copied from the Wikipedia page, slightly edited by me): Centuries later, the philosopher Thomas Hobbes extended the thought experiment by supposing that a custodian gathered up all of the decayed parts of the ship as they were disposed of and replaced by the Athenians, and used those decaying planks to build a second ship. Hobbes posed the question of which of the two resulting ships was the same ship as the "original" ship. And if so - when did the second ship start its existence? Good luck answering that captcha in a correct way.
J John Naylor Active Member Licensed User Longtime User May 30, 2023 #4 This old broom has had 17 new heads, and fourteen new handles. Triggers broom
MikeH Well-Known Member Licensed User Longtime User May 30, 2023 #5 If its the same ship then I'm (and you are) still Adam from the garden of Eden.
Magma Expert Licensed User Longtime User May 31, 2023 #6 I think, we must train "AI" to answer a CAPTCHA like this... piece of cake
rabbitBUSH Well-Known Member Licensed User Longtime User Jun 5, 2023 #7 Biologically 'they' tell me - all the cells in my body are replaced several times during the existence - so existentially it's worse than that PS apparently the only thing that has remained constant is my ID number - but then - I've lived in more than one country - heck - I think I'm the same ship - moral of the story might be - I can't even CAPTCHA myself.....??? Last edited: Jun 5, 2023
Biologically 'they' tell me - all the cells in my body are replaced several times during the existence - so existentially it's worse than that PS apparently the only thing that has remained constant is my ID number - but then - I've lived in more than one country - heck - I think I'm the same ship - moral of the story might be - I can't even CAPTCHA myself.....???
