"Theseus is the legendary king of Athens, who once slain the Minotaur, the minotaur in the famous Minoan labyrinth. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoOf course, the course of this story is not important, what matters is the ship that Theseus took when he returned victoriously. The ship was eventually kept by Athens as a memento, but because the ship was made of wood, the hull began to decay after many years, so people began to repair and replace it, and one day, all parts of the ship were replaced. ”

Gao Shuai paused when he said this, and saw that Huang Tianran seemed to be listening carefully, so he continued: "The story is actually very simple, and there are other versions, such as the ship is changing parts during constant sailing, etc. However, no matter how they change, the core of these versions is the same, that is, the ship of Theseus will inevitably age and replace it with new parts. Eventually, the question arises as to whether the ship is still the original ship of Theseus after the parts have been completely replaced, and if so, none of its nails are the same as before. If not, it never counts. ”

Gao Shuai quickly finished telling the story, and the small living room fell into silence, Huang Tianran was obviously attracted by this story, and even the desk calendar was held in his hand and no longer transmitted.

"There are many explanations for the ship of Theseus, just as there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people, and everyone has their own opinion about the ship of Theseus, and many of them can be logically explained, and this is the characteristic and attractive point of philosophical paradoxes. Gao Shuai said slowly, he tried to control the rhythm and atmosphere of the conversation, this is a necessary lesson for a leader, he didn't need it before, and now he needs it.

"Then what's your explanation?" Huang Tianran suddenly asked.

"My explanation?" Gao Shuai asked rhetorically.

"Hmm. Huang Tianran nodded seriously, indicating that she really wanted to know what Gao Shuai thought of this ship.

Looking at Huang Tianran's serious eyes, Gao Shuai's heart was happy, and Huang Tianran's reaction was exactly what Gao Shuai expected. Huang Tianran's response shows that she has been included in the rhythm of her conversation, which is conducive to guiding her thinking.

It's not that Gao Shuai wants to wash his natural brain, the reason why he spends so much effort is because all this so-called philosophical paradox has a very significant feature, as Gao Shuai just said, there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people, and these Hamlets are likely to be diametrically opposed. What's even more interesting is that these even diametrically opposed explanations seem logical.

This is the charm of the philosophical paradox, if it is usually placed, this is a good topic for small talk, but Gao Shuai is not here to talk to Huang Tianran today, he wants to untie the knot in the heart of this unfortunate girl.

Therefore, Gao Shuai should control the rhythm of the cliché so that he can exert guidance in the direction. If left unguided, Huang Tianran could have come to the conclusion that he was no longer his original self from the ship of Theseus, and even deepened his doubts about his own existence. This is counterproductive.

"You haven't explained yet. Seeing that Gao Shuai seemed to stop, Huang Tianran urged.

"My explanation is actually quite simple. Gao Shuai came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Think_out_of_the_box, we can look at this proposition from the perspective of jumping out of the boat." ”

"Jump out?" Huang Tianran was slightly stunned. When she listened to the story, she already had her own conclusion in her head, which was exactly what Gao Shuai was worried about. Huang Tianran didn't think that she was still the original Theseus ship, she didn't think that she was still the original Huang Tianran, she didn't know who she was.

This is also the source of Huang Tiantian's confusion.

"yes, jump out. The characteristic of the philosophical paradox is that if you follow the conditions it prescribes, you will never be able to reach a truly meaningful conclusion. It's like the famous paradox of Achilles not being able to catch up with the tortoise. Although the real-life Achilles can easily surpass the tortoise, this paradox can be overturned by mathematics and various other means. But if you limit your thinking to Zeno's boundaries, you'll never come to the right conclusion, even if you know it's wrong. Gao Shuai explained.

Achilles' inability to catch up with the tortoise is a well-known philosophical paradox, in Zeno's hypothesis, Achilles must catch up with the tortoise in front of him every time he advances, but at the same time, the tortoise is higher than before, thus forming the paradox that Achilles can never catch up with the tortoise.

This is obviously wrong, but if you are confined to Zeno's assumptions, you will never get the right answer.

"Then how do you jump out?" Huang Tianran asked subconsciously.

"First of all, you need to be clear about the similarities and differences between the ship of Theseus and yours. Gao Shuai began to get down to business.

"I am indeed different from that ship, which is replaced little by little, and I am an imperfect copy created in an instant!" said Huang Tianran, his eyes turned to the desk calendar in his hand, in fact, this old desk calendar from 1994 was also a ship of Theseus.

"You're right, but that's not what I'm talking about. Gao Shuai shook his head. He wasn't surprised by Huang Tianran's reaction, which was also expected by him.

Objectively speaking, it is undeniable that Huang Tianran is indeed a replica in theory and reality. It is precisely because of this that Gao Shuai did not use the common explanation of "the human body itself is constantly metabolizing" to convince Huang Tiantian, because it is all appearances and cannot solve the root problem, so he wants to convince the girl from another angle. Even Gao Shuai deliberately asked Huang Tianran to draw his own conclusions first, and then explain it by himself, so as to most thoroughly resolve the doubts in the girl's heart.

"I said to jump out of the confines of this ship to see it. For example, if you think so, why bother with whether the ship is Theseus or not?" Gao Shuai asked rhetorically.

Why bother with whether it is a ship or not Theseus? Huang Tianran was stunned, she didn't expect Gao Shuai to look at this problem like this.

"How can this be?" Huang Tianran felt a little confused.

"Why can't this be? Since you have to jump out completely, why should I care if it's the ship of Theseus?" Gao Shuai used repetition to make sure that Huang Tianran had not heard it wrong.

"It is precisely because of the obsession with whether the ship is or not the original ship of Theseus that this proposition is created, and if no one cares about the ship, this proposition does not exist. Gao Shuai smiled.

"Then isn't this story meaningless?" Huang Tianran was completely confused. It's okay to jump out and look at the problem, but if you can't even get to the core of the problem, then what's there to discuss?

Jumping out to see the ship of Theseus, and it turns out that there is no need to worry about whether the ship is the original one, this is not jumping out to see the problem, this is simply destroying the problem.

Huang Tianran couldn't figure it out, she felt that it was pointless.

But obviously, Gao Shuai doesn't think so.

"Of course it makes sense, but I'm not really talking about the mythical ship with this example, but because the ship has something in common with what happened to you, and your confusion is at the heart of that ship's confusion. But there is a difference between man and boat, man has ego, this is the essential difference. Gao Shuai completely mastered the rhythm of the conversation, and he suddenly felt that it was not a waste of time to fool people on the forum for so many years, at least for now.

"At the heart of the discussion of the ship of Theseus is the will of the observer, that is, the observer of the ship wonders whether the ship is the original one. If the observer thinks it is, that is, if they think it is not, then it is not. That is to say, all the results are only done from the observer's point of view, and have nothing to do with the will of the ship itself, because the ship itself does not have a will. Gao Shuai was not sure to explain the ship of Theseus, as he said, if he confined himself to it, he would never get the answer, so Gao Shuai did not start with the problem itself at all, he chose to start from the perspective of an observer, and completely jumped out of the problem.

Of course, Gao Shuai is not without flaws in looking at the problem this way, in fact, the flaws in this way are obvious, so as Huang Tianran thought, it fundamentally undermines this problem.

It's like a tailor who takes a job and wants to modify an ill-fitting garment, for various reasons, no matter how exquisite the tailor's craftsmanship is, the clothes just can't be changed, and then suddenly a person comes, and he says that you might as well just make a new one, and throw away the old one to save trouble.

The tailor may not be ignorant of this truth, but the customer's request is only a modification, which is the limitation. And the newcomer is out of work, so he can easily break this limitation, and as for the consequences, he doesn't need to think about it at all.

Gao Shuai is the newcomer.

Gao Shuai's original intention was not to discuss the ship of Theseus, this philosophical paradox was just a tool used by Gao Shuai to persuade Huang Tianran, whether the tool would be destroyed was not within Gao Shuai's scope of thinking, so he could do whatever he wanted.

"Man and ship are different, man has ego, man has will, man can identify himself, but ship cannot. Speaking of this, Gao Shuai suddenly asked, "If I say that you are a man, how will you feel?"

"You're sick!" Huang Tianran replied without hesitation, the look in his eyes was unwavering.

"That's right, you see how determined you are. Gao Shuai clapped his hands, not caring about the tone of Huang Tianran's answer.

"The reason why you deny yourself so firmly that you are a man is because you already have the understanding that you are a woman, and with this self-knowledge, you will not be confused by the eyes of others at all, this is the difference between you and that ship. With that, Gao Shuai stood up.

"What happens to you is like that ship, but you are not that ship, because you are human beings, you have self-consciousness and thoughts, so who you are and what you are does not need to be decided by bystanders like that ship. You are who you are, and no matter how you change, you are unique. This is Gao Shuai's last sentence before leaving, and it is the summary of this long conversation.

Gao Shuai left with great relief, because he read the result he wanted from Huang Tianran's eyes, although this girl's experience was unfortunate, but her character was very strong, once she was relieved, she didn't need to worry about everything after that.

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PS: The next chapter will enter the Yi Guo chapter, and at the beginning I will switch the perspective of several chapters, and I will tell you in advance, not a more wrong chapter. ^_^