WikipediaHere's how the "Ship of Theseus" page looked in July 2003 when it was first created! Since then, the article has been edited 1792 times. 0% of its original phrases remain.
Mori@wikipedia And yet, the Ship of Theseus page remains, thus proving a bird in the hand is worth two stitches in time.
πβπ½ πππ βοΈYou got suckered @mori @wikipedia
@knf100 @wikipedia π€ How so?
Lulu π ΧΧΧΧ
Andrew FeeneyThe early bird gets to throw the first stones.
Tim Chambers
Simon ZerafaHas all of the pieces of the original article been repaired and recycled into a new article? ππ€·ββοΈ
James π¦ #FBPE 
@simonzerafa @wikipedia Yeah but there was one adjective left over. Typical.
Walrus π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
Andrew@simonzerafa @wikipedia have you not seen james somerton's ship of theseus video?
No but Thomas Hobbs would understand my query π
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Ξ@andrewt @simonzerafa @wikipedia no, at the time of you writing this, seeing it would be impossible as james somerton had been utterly destroyed by hbomberguy, or rather, his plagiarism, in which his only contributions are that he injected the hatred of women.
This is Hell@wikipedia @jeff π€£π€£π€£
@wikipedia Ah but the title, metadata, and database id is. Check and mate Wikipedia.
TerrorBite π¦@freequaybuoy Then consider the following scenario: I own a boat. Over time, I've replaced every single part of the boat, from the sails to the hull, but it still has the same name (title), the same registration number in the Register of Shipping (database id), and the same overall measurements (metadata). By your own argument, it's still the same boat.
Joe Breuer@TerrorBite @freequaybuoy @wikipedia that actually appears to be how those centuries old wooden temples and other structures (at a minimum) in Japan work.
@jmbreuer @TerrorBite @wikipedia See also the Great Mosque of DjennΓ©, which has had its adobe composition replaced many times, yet is still the Great Mosque of DjennΓ©.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_Djenn%C3%A9
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_Djenn%C3%A9
@TerrorBite @wikipedia Ah but it is, but not by that argument alone. Objects' distinctions don't really exist, or rather, they are subjective. Where does an object start and end? Are the molecules, atoms, electrons, protons, neutrons, quarks and gluons the same over time? Does it matter? Objects are categories that we assign, based on our particular scale, perception, memory and knowledge. Therefore, Trigger's Broom *is* still Trigger's Broom. Here's Michael for more:
https://youtu.be/fXW-QjBsruE?si=tClM7wpuXzo80TJx
https://youtu.be/fXW-QjBsruE?si=tClM7wpuXzo80TJx
Do Chairs Exist?
the gripe ibis@freequaybuoy what people fail to realise is that i have been collecting discarded ship parts, and can now build a second and extremely fucked up ship.
Frank Bennett π―π΅
MicroBlog Castellano@freequaybuoy @TerrorBite @wikipedia In Tsindoku, Bin Chul Han talks about the ancient temples of Japan, wich suffer?/benefit? from the same practice. The western view is that if no ancient part remains, the object is a replica, but I see Old Athens and modern Wikipedists have another view.
Nice metareference.
TobyBartels@TobyBartels I'm trying to work out what this means
@TerrorBite @freequaybuoy @wikipedia : Since it has the same title and registration number, you'll be able to convince them that it's still the same boat and you can still use the non-transferable docking permit.
Julien Bidoret@freequaybuoy
I guess the server where it was initially stored has been replaced, and the db migrated a bunch of times. Are they really the same?
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I guess the server where it was initially stored has been replaced, and the db migrated a bunch of times. Are they really the same?
@wikipedia
@julienbidoret @wikipedia The title, metadata and id would be the same regardless of how many replacements or migrations there were.
Jeff C@julienbidoret
In that case, is it still the same Wikipedia?
0x10f/kalle/qalle@wikipedia Ah, the curiosities of our time! I doubt previous generations felt the need to ponder such things, let alone had a word for the concept. (Wikipedia didn't even exist before this century.)
Basedave@0x10f @wikipedia you know the ship of Theseus is a concept from Ancient Greek right?
Weltzeitgeist
Leon Bambrick@wackJackle @basedave @0x10f @wikipedia pretty sure irony predates them Ancient Greeks. Never heard of the Iron Age??
rhempel@secretgeek @wackJackle @basedave @0x10f @wikipedia Ah the good old Iron Age :-) Will history look back on us and call this the Moron Age?
Dan JonesYou know it's like rain on your wedding day, right? Or a free ride, when you've already paid?
ideaPDish@wikipedia
No toilets?
No toilets?
@wikipedia
Of course, i gotta ask, is it the same article?
Of course, i gotta ask, is it the same article?
@wikipedia
Might be the same article, but definately not the same click-stream
Might be the same article, but definately not the same click-stream
piuvas 
@wikipedia its not even the same article smh
phi1997@wikipedia
Hard to believe it's the same article
Hard to believe it's the same article
Leigh Garland@wikipedia See also, Trigger's broom. π
MichaΕ "rysiek" WoΕΊniak Β· πΊπ¦@wikipedia perfect, no notes.
AT-AT Assault π³οΈββ§οΈAh, the infamous Web Article of Theseus.
Mr. Completely@wikipedia this is the most perfect moment. Thank you
klausfiend has moved
Jordi (Tubal Hippy)
will-r-s-hansenHow many full replacements though?
Joe βπ@wikipedia I suspect that this was noticed before the article had completely removed all of the original text, motivating editors to look for synonyms that they could use to replace the remaining original words. So it's kind of a Ship of Thesaurus.
Toni Scott
Stu Duerson, machina exo deus
Patrick McLaughlin<chefβs kiss>
grahamsz@wikipedia My employer uses ONE to ship a bunch of stuff and they have a literal ship of Theseus https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9356701
Emperor4@wikipedia hilarious
DHeadshot's Alt@wikipedia
Has "Trigger's Broom" been affected in the same way but in larger chunks?
Has "Trigger's Broom" been affected in the same way but in larger chunks?
Matthew Martin@wikipedia I took all the discarded pieces and reassembled them so it is mine now.
Christophe Jammet
Josh (open until closed again)