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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by hn_throwaway_99 on Friday February 14, 2020 @12:05AM (#22324088)
> This is the reality of life - every single cell in the body of a plant or animal is replaced every few months.

This is laughably false.

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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by doikor on Friday February 14, 2020 @12:53AM (#22324272)
Outside of some cells in the brain all the cells do get replaced. But there are some that have lifespans of over a year (white blood cells) and some only a few days (cells in a human colon)
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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by hn_throwaway_99 on Friday February 14, 2020 @01:14AM (#22324343)
Osteocytes in your bone have a half life of 25 years, and many of them don't get "replaced" even after they die.
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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by fg6hr on Friday February 14, 2020 @02:09AM (#22324571)
It's not just the reality of life, it's the essense of reality. Everything "real" is looks like the Ship of Theseus and if something doesn't look like that ship, it's not real.
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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by nojvek on Friday February 14, 2020 @12:35AM (#22324199)
Do you have a source for your claim?
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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by nickcox on Friday February 14, 2020 @12:50AM (#22324260)
Not sure it's on the GP to provide a source but here's one:

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/life-span-of-human...

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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by nojvek on Saturday February 15, 2020 @09:18AM (#22335428)
I like how HN downvotes when asking for a “source”.

I was merely expecting a “this is false because of X”. Rather than “this is false”

I guess we all have our biases.

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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by beaner on Friday February 14, 2020 @12:41AM (#22324223)
Does the person he's replying to?
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