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The classic “Ship of Theseus'' thought experiment. For hundreds of years, the people of Athens would take the ship of Theseus (the founder of Athens) out for a voyage on the anniversary of its founding. Given the amount of maintenance it would take to keep an old wooden ship seaworthy, after many years, none of the original parts of the ship would remain. Is it still accurate to call it the Ship of Theseus at that point? Image credit: Pastillustrator