Ship of Theseus Paradox

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I'm sure some of you have heard of this paradox, but for those that haven't it basically goes like this (overly simplifying it):

Imagine you have a wooden ship and it was called "c*nt of the Sea". After originally buying it in pristine condition, you find yourself replacing major wooden parts/planks of the ship. The original parts you replaced are set aside. Eventually, after all parts of the ship are replaced, you have the original parts available to assemble the same exact ship you originally had. When you assemble the older parts, you now essentially have two "c*nt of the Sea" ships, but which one is the true "c*nt of the Sea"?

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The ship of Theseus, also known as Theseus's paradox, is a paradox that raises the question of whether an object which has had all its components replaced remains fundamentally the same object. The paradox is most notably recorded by Plutarch in Life of Theseus from the late 1st century. Plutarch asked whether a ship which was restored by replacing all and every of its wooden parts, remained the same ship.

 

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One solution to this paradox may come from the concept of four-dimensionalism. Ted Sider and others have proposed that these problems can be solved by considering all things as four-dimensional objects. An object is a spatially extended three-dimensional thing that also extends across the fourth dimension of time. This four-dimensional object is made up of three-dimensional time-slices. These are spatially extended things that exist only at individual points in time. An object is made up of a series of causally related time-slices. All time-slices are numerically identical to themselves. And the whole aggregate of time-slices, namely the four-dimensional object, is also numerically identical with itself. But the individual time-slices can have qualities that differ from each other.

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[Blackking]

Four-dimensionalism seems retarded to me. imo- they both are c*nt of the sea in the same way that Macy's has more than 1 of the same type of Michael Kors purse. 'essentially' isn't same as being exactly the same-- even if they are qualitatively the same. The ship built with the old parts is the true c*nt - only if true = original. These Greeks used CAC logic ponder about pointless shyt That can't even be applied to theology or math.
They didn't realize that it's not a paradox if some of the details are subjective and some of the words aren't clearly defined . NTM identical or qualitatively equal =/= 'same'. Something was lost in translation when these philosophers took the knowledge from Africa to Greece (fixed).
When a ancient Chinese person puts one out there it actually makes since, like Han Feizi and unstoppable force, unmovable object.
The Greeks spent too much time in gymnasiums to come up with legitimate questions.

 

[MMS]

they are different because the parts are different

nothing is truly identical

there are always small imperfections

 

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Four-dimensionalism seems retarded to me. imo- they both are c*nt of the sea in the same way that Macy's has more than 1 of the same type of Michael Kors purse. 'essentially' isn't same as being exactly the same-- even if they are qualitatively the same. The ship built with the old parts is the true c*nt - only if true = original. These Greeks used CAC logic ponder about pointless shyt That can't even be applied to theology or math.
They didn't realize that it's not a paradox if some of the details are subjective and some of the words aren't clearly defined . NTM identical or qualitatively equal =/= 'same'. Something was lost in translation when these philosophers took the knowledge from Africa to Greece (fixed).
When a ancient Chinese person puts one out there it actually makes since, like Han Feizi and unstoppable force, unmovable object.
The Greeks spent too much time in gymnasiums to come up with legitimate questions.

Are you drunk right now?

Dumbest shyt you have ever said Blackking. The entire post is just garbage from start to finish aside from your point about quantity/numerical identifications.

 

[newarkhiphop]

they are both the same but the one with the original parts in the first c*nt of the sea

its like when people clone pets right, lets say you have a dog named fukkface , fukkface dies you have him cloned, the first fukkface is the original one. the second fukkface is but a clone

although i think i may be wrong, cause cloning is a bit more exact than replacing parts

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

they are both the same but the one with the original parts in the first c*nt of the sea

its like when people clone pets right, lets say you have a dog named fukkface , fukkface dies you have him cloned, the first fukkface is the original one. the second fukkface is but a clone

although i think i may be wrong, cause cloning is a bit more exact than replacing parts

This is not a good analogy.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

Are you drunk right now?

Dumbest shyt you have ever said Blackking. The entire post is just garbage from start to finish aside from your point about quantity/numerical identifications.

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[Dooby]

This is not a paradox. Whatever it is, is a stupid subject to think about because it's simply solved. The answer is, no. The original boards used to make the c*nt of the Sea is the only c*nt of the Sea.

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

This is not a paradox. Whatever it is, is a stupid subject to think about because it's simply solved. The answer is, no. The original boards used to make the c*nt of the Sea is the only c*nt of the Sea.

i tend to agree but i wouldn't call the paradox stupid.

 

[88m3]

the one you reassemble with the original parts...


how is this a paradox?

 

[jackswstd]

If I ever buy a boat I'm naming it c*nt Of The Sea.

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

the one you reassemble with the original parts...


how is this a paradox?

The more I think about it, you're right.