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Mr.Stickman's avatar

So true, almost everything is fiction including our identity.

I remember coming across this thought experiment which goes:

Over the years a ship keeps getting repaired and it's damaged parts gets replaced- the planks, engines, nails all get replaced- to a point where none of the original pieces the ship was made with remain. Is the ship still the same ship?

I realized we call the ship the same name even when all of its parts are replaced, because the idea of the ship is a fiction.

Just like the name and person we identify with from birth to death stays the same even when our cells, thoughts and beliefs change. Even who we are is merely a fictional idea! (at least what I think so)

Thought I'd share that. And I love the vibe of your article and the way you've written this!

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Vishnu vishwanathan's avatar

This hit hard …. Great research and superbly put together !!

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