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Re:Irish beach washed away 33 years ago reappears overnight ... by tellonuk on Sunday September 02, 2018 @08:38AM (#17896766)
Every seven years (or 10, depending on which story you hear) we become essentially new people, because in that time, every cell in your body has been replaced by a new cell. (Including the Brain)

https://www.livescience.com/33179-does-human-body-replace-ce...

Same person, or new person??

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Re:Irish beach washed away 33 years ago reappears overnight ... by BoiledCabbage on Sunday September 02, 2018 @08:45AM (#17896785)
Why would you post a link to an article that disproves your own comment?

Both the 7 years portion and the brain cells being replaced?

I don't get it.

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Re:Irish beach washed away 33 years ago reappears overnight ... by okonomiyaki3000 on Sunday September 02, 2018 @11:45AM (#17897367)
Give him a break, he only uses 10% of his brain, you know.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-people-only-us...

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Re:Irish beach washed away 33 years ago reappears overnight ... by sandworm101 on Sunday September 02, 2018 @10:45AM (#17897154)
And tattoos. And teeth.
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Re:Irish beach washed away 33 years ago reappears overnight ... by pavel_lishin on Sunday September 02, 2018 @09:31AM (#17896934)
If I read Larry Niven's "Protector" in 2002, and re-read it again today in 2018, is it the same book, or a new book?
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Re:Irish beach washed away 33 years ago reappears overnight ... by eesmith on Sunday September 02, 2018 @01:25PM (#17897746)
Or "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Menard,_Author_of_the_Q...

There are stories I reread after many years, where I had a rather different understanding the second time. I'm fine with saying that it's the same text but a different story, because the text is interpreted by the reader to become the story.

I'm also fine with saying it's the same story. The Mississippi is the Mississippi even though it isn't the same river.

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Re:Irish beach washed away 33 years ago reappears overnight ... by AnthonBerg on Sunday September 02, 2018 @01:07PM (#17897669)
Is it the same person reading?
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