LOL at everyone’s philosophical approach to this.

Its like ‘Fraggle Redhead’ theory. [url] http://etozclan.com/forum/memberlist.ph … file&u=165[/url]

If a person dyes their hair does that make them a ranga, or does their natural colour decide what term is used to describe their hair. Or if a ranga dyes their hair another colour do they adopt this new hair colour or are they still a ranga?

Sorry mess, you spelt ‘apporach’ wrong and are therefore eliminated.

The Ship of Theseus is a grand, old, wooden battle ship. After sailing out to war, she returns damaged. Various small parts of the ship are replaced. This happens after all her ventures, and eventually large beams and other major structural features are replaced. Ultimately, over a period of many years, every part of the Ship of Theseus has been replaced.

Is the Ship of Theseus the same ship after all of this?

it was in my exam what you guys think!

If you get a computer and call it BR’s SMAWESOME COMPUTER 1, and you replace every single thing in it, and eventually even the case so it doesn’t even look the same, due to “parts of the ship” being replaced, it may not even move or work the same as it did before, due to the changes and therefore it is not the same ship. And then you even upgrade the software on it from operating system -> farm animal search toolbars, then it is certainly not the same, you would get new results for a start with the farm animal search toolbar, as new entries would have been entered.

There we go, my god Philosophy sounds like an awesome subject! Hey is this one of those subjects as long as you can justify your answer there is no wrong or right answer!?

yeah it is its not about know what other dick heads say its if u can prove you point with sold logic u can get an A+ dependent on how strong your argument is next semester we get to o religion 😀

Sorry mess, you spelt ‘apporach’ wrong and are therefore eliminated.

I couldn’t click submit without fixing it =[

The ship can either be the same or not if we see it but if we dont see it then it can be both.

You just said the same thing twice essentially. According to that cat theory, the ship WILL either be one or the other when you see it but if we don’t then it could be either.
However, that whole theory does not fit into this at all. This particular problem is nothing about us seeing it or not, aka the observation to find out what state it is in. The decision of whether it is the same or not comes down to your interpretation of what the same ship consists of. If you think the raw materials from the original ship makes up a ship, then it obviously isn’t the same ship. If you think that the design makes a ship, then it may be the same ship. If you don’t care what makes up a ship and only replied to this thread to show how your irrelevant theory doesn’t belong in this thread, then you are clearly just awesome.

Cheers

No I didnt. The ship can be the same ship or cannot IF you see it BUT IF you cannot see it then IT can be in both states (i.e the same or not). Its all ‘relative’ to the POV and thus philosophically speaking it all really depends on each persons POV. Just take a moment and think about it Triggs…I did few courses in philosophy during my undergrad as part of ‘filling in the blanks in your course’.

ROFL at everyones philosophical approach to this.

It’s definetly related to ‘Quantum String Theory’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory

Dont get me to explain it to you…took me the entire semester to comprehand this and understand the mathematics behind it (just the basics)…but it really comes down from Schrodingers equation and the theory based on the cat experiment (see below). You can relate this to the ship without even giving an explanation. 😀

nerd living in mums basement

Thread’s been killed.

theory based on the cat experiment

huh, what cat experiment? Is that the one where you drop a cat with a piece of buttered toast tied to its back?

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theory based on the cat experiment

huh, what cat experiment? Is that the one where you drop a cat with a piece of buttered toast tied to its back?

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ahahaha thats awesome

nerd living in mums basement

Dont you just wish you were that guy?

@noobitup Yeah that cat theory is the sole reason why people gamble but the odds are 99.9999999% in favour of the ‘house’. The reason why the ‘house’ doesnt win (i.e. the cat doesnt fall on his paws) can be due to the toast being buttered on one half only. I call this the ‘butter-half-your-toast-fold-it-in-half-and-eat-it’ theory/effect…others call it ‘luck’.

death just punched my brain in the groin.