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I really don't think phones will stay the way they are for decades. And modular phones definetely won't bear up for decades. At some point every piece of the p
by id 12y ago
I really don't think phones will stay the way they are for decades. And modular phones definetely won't bear up for decades.
At some point every piece of the phone will have been exchanged, making it a completely new phone.
- Tyrannosaurs 12y agoIs that a new phone though? invents the question of the philosopher's modular mobile phone
- id 12y agoThe ship of Theseus is a thought experiment that raises the exact same question. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_and_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_and_change
- 3rd3 12y agoSolution: People leave out the extra information that a part was replaced, an error which becomes obvious at this edge case.
- Tyrannosaurs 12y agoI love that that Wikipedia article references Sugababes - a British pop band which has changed entire line up over it's existence (begging the question is it still the same band).