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Your grandpas axe. It's got a new head and handle, but the same advanced sentient intelligence. Is it the same axe? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by Quadhammer@lemmy.world to c/general@lemmy.world
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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Yes. Because who doesn't like a good ship of Thesius analogy.

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The you from 5 years ago was different from the you now but still considered you even though many cells have changed since then.

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 3 points 11 months ago

a man can never cross the same river twice since it is no longer the same river nor is he the same man

[–] TeaHands@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

No but it wasn't the same axe you inherited ten seconds after you inherited it, either.

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

It was never really grampa’s axe in the first place—he was just licensing the technology.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

It is our axe komrad

[–] 108@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

A broken handle means a trip to the hardware store. You explain the red stains away as bbq sauce.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

The dwarfs of ankh-morpork say yes

[–] Wodge@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ah, the ol' Trigger's Broom!

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[–] GutterPunch@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did he upgrade the head and handle? If so, it's still your grandpa's axe. Did you upgrade the axe? It might now be an axe of your own making. If "same" is extended not just to refer to the materials, but refers to fourth-dimensional quantum axe states, the axe stops being your grandpas axe the moment your grandpa isn't chopping with it, but becomes his axe any time he returns to use it.

[–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

But the axe has all the same memories and personality. It remembers the good and bad times. It tells you jokes and will help you move a refrigerator on the weekend

[–] TheLameSauce@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I see you have also seen/read John Dies at the End

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