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When a cancer spreads throughout a body, many of the body's cells are drastically altered. Is it still the "same body"? Ship of Theseus, etc.
by disqard 1y ago
When a cancer spreads throughout a body, many of the body's cells are drastically altered. Is it still the "same body"?
Ship of Theseus, etc.
- cantrecallmypwd 1y agoYes and no. Internet "lawyers" will make arguments about how it must be or not be the case. Instead, a group of people together is more like a dynamic living organism that morphs into subsequent zeitgeists. There maybe apolitical structural/demographic reasons, circumstances, and/or infectious ideas that lead to major changes. Some are root causes and some are merely reflections. Or in this case, a memetic infection on top of sliding value changes (polarity, illiberalism, aggressive patriotism) changing the underlying values causing various symptoms. A country is a collection of people who share some iota of proximity, values, and/or views, although "Network Staters" and "Free Staters" would have you believe differently.