Wikipedia article "Ship of Theseus" has changed entirely since its inception

bbeardyw about 5 hours ago 4 commentsRead Article on en.wikipedia.org

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thinkingemote•about 4 hours ago

The talk page has an interesting section about this, subtitled "Article of Theseus" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ship_of_Theseus#h-Article...

beardyw•about 5 hours ago

From Futility Closet

https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/08/04/the-same-boat/

beardyw•about 3 hours ago

"In Britain, the term Trigger's broom is sometimes used, in reference to a line from the sitcom Only Fools and Horses in which road sweeper Trigger says that he has used the same broom for 20 years, with it only needing 17 new heads and 14 new handles in that time."

mdlxxv•about 2 hours ago

It's a self-demostrating article, then!