SSTF@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-22 years ago[OC] The USS Constitution, the oldest naval warship still afloat.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up1498arrow-down18
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minus-squarejuliorapidolinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·2 years agoThis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
minus-squaremack7400@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSo…if someone found a nail that was a part of Theseus’ ship, and rebuilt it around the nail, would it become the oldest ship afloat?
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This: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
So…if someone found a nail that was a part of Theseus’ ship, and rebuilt it around the nail, would it become the oldest ship afloat?
Yes… or no?