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Originally Posted by Steve Carlton
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The "Ship of Theseus" reference was interesting. I hadn't heard that before. Thanks for that!
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Me too! Every day is a school day on PPOT!
"Centuries later, the philosopher Thomas Hobbes introduced a further puzzle, wondering what would happen if the original planks were gathered up after they were replaced, and used to build a second ship. Hobbes asked which ship, if either, would be the original Ship of Theseus."
"The Greek philosopher Heraclitus attempted to solve the paradox by introducing the idea of a river where water replenishes it.”