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Quadhammer@lemmy.world to General Discussion@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Your grandpas axe. It's got a new head and handle, but the same advanced sentient intelligence. Is it the same axe?

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Your grandpas axe. It's got a new head and handle, but the same advanced sentient intelligence. Is it the same axe?

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Quadhammer@lemmy.world to General Discussion@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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  • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

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

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

    • TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz
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      a man can never cross the same river twice since it is no longer the same river nor is he the same man

  • TeaHands@lemmy.world
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    No but it wasn’t the same axe you inherited ten seconds after you inherited it, either.

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

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    Ah, the ol’ Trigger’s Broom!

    • PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksB
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      Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

      Trigger’s Broom!

      Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

      I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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    It was never really grampa’s axe in the first place—he was just licensing the technology.

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

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    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.

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      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

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    The dwarfs of ankh-morpork say yes

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    It is our axe komrad

  • TheLameSauce@lemmy.world
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    I see you have also seen/read John Dies at the End

    https://youtu.be/qNOk4yyxE38?si=UkdqJw_uMe2DkLIu

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      Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

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      Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

      I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.

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