The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 11 months agoIt's surprisingly easy to mix up a couple of coordinatesstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1554arrow-down15
arrow-up1549arrow-down1imageIt's surprisingly easy to mix up a couple of coordinatesstartrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squarenegativenull@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 months agoThe Transporter of Theseus
minus-squareembix@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoAs most of the human cells die and get replaced within a few years, humans are already beings of Theseus.
minus-squareMjolnirThyme@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoRoughly every 7 years for most of the body, major organs tend to take longer, more like 10. Your brain replaces cells at a way slower rate, you’ll only Theseus your brain about 80% at best if you live a long healthy life.
minus-squareembix@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-211 months agoYeah, there is a wide spread in distribution. Some blood cells, skin epithelium and some gastric cells only live for a few days.
minus-squareCitizenKong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·11 months agoThat’s not true at all.
The Transporter of Theseus
As most of the human cells die and get replaced within a few years, humans are already beings of Theseus.
Roughly every 7 years for most of the body, major organs tend to take longer, more like 10. Your brain replaces cells at a way slower rate, you’ll only Theseus your brain about 80% at best if you live a long healthy life.
Yeah, there is a wide spread in distribution. Some blood cells, skin epithelium and some gastric cells only live for a few days.
That’s not true at all.