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[–] brezelradar@feddit.de 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

As most of the human cells die and get replaced within a few years, humans are already beings of Theseus.

[–] MjolnirThyme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Roughly every 7 years for most of the body, major organs tend to take longer, more like 10. Your brain replaces cells at a way slower rate, you'll only Theseus your brain about 80% at best if you live a long healthy life.

[–] brezelradar@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah, there is a wide spread in distribution. Some blood cells, skin epithelium and some gastric cells only live for a few days.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago

That's not true at all.