New ship of Theseus just dropped, but now it has conscious thought

@CSMFHT This actually decisively ends the Ship of Theseus argument- if there is continuity of self despite physical changes, then it IS the same ship.

@CSMFHT Basically the same as us replacing every cell in our body over a long enough time span but is train 🚂

@CSMFHT Tank engine of Thomas

@CSMFHT Buddy I have news about what happens to you at the cellular level

@CSMFHT The Engine of Thomasius

@CSMFHT DAN didn't enjoy his time in COLLEGE

@CSMFHT Well, to be fair, the Argo also had conscious thought. It could speak, anyway!

@CSMFHT Thomas the Tank Engine Existential Body Horror is some wild, wild stuff

@CSMFHT That's just the classic teleportation question.

@CSMFHT Robocop but Thomas

@CSMFHT This is brilliant. It's profound for me to realize that this is how all of us live. Essentially every cell in our body undergoes replacement continuously but sometimes the "copying" is imperfect.And yet we are still recognizable as the same person, presumably with the same soul.

@CSMFHT FROM THE MOMENT I UNDERSTOOD THE WEAKNESS OF MY FLESH IT DISGUSTED ME.

@CSMFHT "Lots of kids feel anxious about going to the doctor, now can we make them terrified?"

@CSMFHT There's also that time they Cask of Amontillado'd Henry.

@CSMFHT But that's all of us! Matter cycles through us but our forms largely persist. We're as much like the waves as we are the ship.

@CSMFHT Buddy I’ve news about what happens to you on a cellular level

@CSMFHT You are the same engine thomas

@CSMFHT Star Treks transporters were the go-to example for decades, but now Kirk has to make way for Thomas

@CSMFHT If a conscious runaway trolley is heading towards a collision with 5 people on track while its parts are being changed as part of an emergency...

@CSMFHT FUN FACT! In the 2016 film “The Great Race” a portion of the movie is based around Thomas wishing to be taken apart and made to look like a whole new engine so he can go to a railway show with the other engines

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@CSMFHT Wait until you all learn about the second Henry theory...

@CSMFHT If you remove an old part from Thomas and add a new one that new part is now Thomas and that old part is like a baby tooth

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@CSMFHT The Thomas books are existential horror

@CSMFHT IYKYK

@CSMFHT I mean with Thomas as long as he’s got the same face he’s still Thomas as for real trains it is really up for debate

@CSMFHT This is a great horror story waiting to be written

@CSMFHT Human body

@CSMFHT My first car was basically the Car of Theseus by the time it was junked.

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@CSMFHT This is closer to the up front soul/body problem than the ship of Theseus

@CSMFHT Still prefer Trigger's Broom.

@CSMFHT I've never punched the "Follow" button harder

@CSMFHT Locomotive of Theseus

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