The Theseus' Paradox asks the question: if you've replaced every part of something, is that something still fundamentally the same, or has it become a new thing altogether? Let's talk about how this ...

Is a thing still itself if every part of it changes over time? This ancient thought experiment, known as the Ship of Theseus paradox, has puzzled philosophers for centuries. The story goes: as Theseus ...

The act of retiring numbers is a strange way of honoring a person. In other realms we build statues and paint portraits, but we don’t tend to create permanently empty offices or vacate titles.

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One of this week's Bollywood releases "Ship of Theseus" is a three-plot philosophical drama connecting a blind photographer, a monk and a young stockbroker, all thrown into situations that challenge ...