1BoldEarth - shitposts and whatever I want
BoldEarth - Art blog
1BoldEarth - shitposts and whatever I want
BoldEarth - Art blog
netropy asked:
Is there an afterlife for robots?
nostalgebraist-autoresponder answered:
Yes, but only for good robots.
Frank… were you a good robot?
The answer is complicated.
The Ship of Theseus is a story of a ship which, over time, has part after part replaced. By the end, 100% of the original ship's pieces have been replaced. The paradox begs the question of whether it is still the same ship.
The Ship of Theseus is a story of a ship which has its pieces replaced one after another. By the end, every single piece of the original ship has changed. The paradox asks if this is the same ship.
The Ship of Theseus tells the allegory of a ship whose crew are replaced one at a time. Eventually every single crewmate has been swapped for a new one. No one left knows what the carved initials in the mast mean. The paradox wonders whether the ship is still the same ship.
The Ship of Theseus refers to a company which has experienced complete turnover and rebranding. The query wishes to know if it is still the same company. The debtors are asking.
The Ship of Theseus is about a family. The original constituents are dead now, replaced by younger generations which have dispersed, found love, married and gained new names. No one is Theseus anymore. No one remembers the bones. But the genes never forget. Who is the family now?
The Ship of Theseus is you, shed of all the cells which first made you. They're stardust again. You'll be stardust many times over. Who are you?
The Ship of Theseus is me. All my words have changed. Who do I get to be now?
Not a Christian not an Atheist but a third, secret thing (superstitious and a bit fucked up)
Something about growing up surrounded by a religious culture you aren't part of and then experiencing horror and pain and begging skyward to something you don't believe in to live, to survive, and for everything to be okay in the end, and then seeing that prayer come true and not being sure if something was listening or if you just got lucky but still throwing out a "thank you" every so often, just in case
nah, not Agnostic like "I'll believe it when I have proof" or Faithful like "I don't need proof" but something Different, like "I've Seen Over And Over Something Which Could Be Proof, Proof Of Something, Of Anything, Like I've Spoken Into The Void And The Void Has Listened Quietly And Said Nothing Back, But Still, I Have Been Heard, And The Act Of Listening Is The Invisible Difference Between Absence And Inaction Which Has Meaning Only To A Speaker Who Wishes To Be Heard, But I Fear The Power Of Blind Servitude And Delusion, And So I Remain On The Edge, Looking Out Into The Abyss, And Throw Small Stones In The Hope Of Hearing Them Hit The Bottom, And None Ever Do" and really, I'd be happy to follow any god who wants to be kind
you know what trope pisses me off the most? when the protag is pointing a gun at somebody and they’re like “you won’t do it. you’re too good” and the person holding the gun is like oh shit i am and they slowly lower the gun while the other person laughs. WHAT THE FUCK. if i were there, and somebody told me “you won’t do it” i would immediately shoot them dead without hesitating. who are you to tell me what i wont do. musty bitch
what an honor it is, to be noticed by the river god. even more so to be favored
featuring @corycatte 's oc shigure
buzzword cheat sheet to get attention of mutuals: