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Ise Shrine which Clay Shirky mentions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ise_Shrine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ise_Shrine It is rebuilt every 20 years and is on

• dood 18y ago
  See also the Ship of Theseus paradox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
  • Herring 18y ago
    ... It takes a philosopher to create paradoxes out of well understood physical processes.
    • Retric 18y ago
      Philosopher's assume words have meaning this is the root of all their failings.
• nihilocrat 18y ago
  The fact that a big part of the tradition is "passing on" the techniques used to build the shrine reminds me of this: http://xkcd.com/297/ http://xkcd.com/297/