JCC Of Broom Handles and Other Replaceable Things.

Question. You take a broom, you replace the handle, and then later you replace the brush. And you do that over and over again. Is it still the same broom?

 

No. Of course it isn't. But you can still sweep the floor.

 

Fleetwood Mac says it is.

 

Is that strictly relevant?

 

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why would you even do that instead of just buying a new broom. i can't really see it saving you much money

 

Not really. Skip that last part.

 

According to some sources, 98% of our body's atoms are replaces annually. So are you still you, every year?

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11893583

 

If you visit a restored ship (for example the SS Great Britain or the Cutty Sark), should it matter that what you are seeing is mostly replica?

 

Am I the only one who feared this thread was some kind of allegory for a dismal turn of events between E and Mar?

EDIT: Are we allowed to tell people what Zasnúbení means?

 

Sure, but I think most people know already. E even posted in the "Post a pic of yourself" thread.

 

This is known as the Ship of Theseus problem IIRC.

 

Abner Louima is not amused.

 

I would kindly ask you both to consult me before taking such steps in the future, I was on vacation and generally offline and missed the whole damned thing!

 

The first five minutes of the movie version of John Dies at the End was about this and it was frigging awesome. Unfortunately, the rest of the movie was terrible.

 

It's the only thing that matters.

 

But what if a dust mite looked up and said, "Lo, the broom that killed my father two years ago!"

 

Well, then the dust mite is still projecting its network of purposes onto the broom (Namely as a target of vengeance) so the actual continuity of a sort of broom-in-itself is irrelevant.

 

It's just a broom.

 

Sometimes a broom is just a broom.

 

There is no broom.

 

There...are...FOUR...brooms!

 

Sounds like a movie about kinky masturbation.

 

A Broooom with a viiiewww!