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Funny@sh.itjust.worksbyThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world
7 months

Explore philosophy with Thomas the Tank Engine

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    • negativenull@piefed.worldEnglish
      7 months

      The Tank Engine of Theseus

        • Whirling_Ashandarei@lemmy.world
          7 months

          That is the joke, yes

          • Iced Raktajino@startrek.website
            7 months

            Agh. Beat me to it. 😆

              • Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
                7 months

                Argh, me too!

              • SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org
                7 months

                More like Theseus the Tank Engine.

                • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
                  7 months

                  TIL the Thomas The Tank Engine show takes place in ancient Greece.

                    • negativenull@piefed.worldEnglish
                      7 months

                      There are a LOT of islands in Greece. Sodor is but one of them

                    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                      7 months

                      The Tank Engine of Thomas

                    • (des)mosthenes@lemmy.world
                      7 months

                      About 330 billion of cells are replaced every day - makes you wonder if we really wake as the same exact person each day.

                        • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
                          7 months

                          We’re just flesh suits for our bacteria

                            • (des)mosthenes@lemmy.world
                              7 months

                              lolololo I tell my friends this from time to time almost word for word

                              • moseschrute@lemmy.world
                                7 months

                                And some of the flesh suits bully other flesh suits for not being as cool as their flesh suits

                              • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                                7 months

                                Physically, we do not. It’s the experience of continuous memory that makes us the same person.

                                  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
                                    7 months

                                    Memories fade, your being changes with the years.

                                      • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                                        7 months

                                        They do, but growth and change is part of being human. It doesn’t men you’re not the same person.

                                    • (des)mosthenes@lemmy.world
                                      7 months

                                      https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/assets/Image/2021/UPsaw0421Gsci31_m.png

                                      • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
                                        7 months

                                        Nope, that’s an illusion. Even if you restrict the definition of “you” to the metaphysical representation in your brain, that too is something that changes with the years. Although some core properties of “you” don’t change much.

                                        • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
                                          7 months

                                          Oh I’m confident I don’t, but I am partly made of biodegradable plastics and glues that wear out every few days. My physical degradation process is more visible than most.

                                        • iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world
                                          7 months

                                          Ghost in the Tank.

                                          • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
                                            7 months

                                            In a backroom the parts were assembled to be Tom the tank engine, a copy of Thomas in every physical aspect. No one expected Tom to think he was Thomas so no one knew how to fix him after he saw Thomas. Tom broke in a way which no new parts could fix.

                                            • we are all@crazypeople.online
                                              7 months

                                              we barely exist, eh dank engine? (takes a puff and passes to the loco locomotive)

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