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There's likely an interesting Ship of Theseus debate to be had about whether these are indeed thousand-year-old windmills, and whether it's accurate to consider
by Leszek 7y ago
There's likely an interesting Ship of Theseus debate to be had about whether these are indeed thousand-year-old windmills, and whether it's accurate to consider the windmills build a thousand years ago to be "still standing".
- growlist 7y ago'In one of the most iconic scenes in British television comedy, Trigger, the butt of so many ‘Only Fools and Horses’ jokes, proudly reveals that he has used the same road sweeping brush for his entire career. “This old broom”, he says “ has had 17 new heads and 14 new handles”. We, the audience, are laughing at his apparent stupidity long before Sid points out “how the hell is it the same bloody broom then?”'
- faceplanted 7y agoOnly Fools and Horses, Ship of Theseus edition, wait till you see Plato fall through the bar.
- baxtr 7y agoAnd of course there is a “Wait but Why” article about that... PS: scroll down to “Continuity” https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/12/what-makes-you-you.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/12/what-makes-you-you.html
- fergie 7y agorelevant -> https://lullabydust.tumblr.com/post/65438836771/john-dies-at-the-end-opening-lines https://lullabydust.tumblr.com/post/65438836771/john-dies-at...
- jacobush 7y ago"This is not the same river! All the water is new!"
- noja 7y agoWell so are you. None of you exists from ten years ago. Are you still you?