Chapter 14: The Ship of Theseus

Lu Xue pulled Xiao Yin to sit on the sofa and made a pot of tea again. The little girl was still a little sobbed, I smiled and said, "It's okay, Xiaoyin, there are often accidents when making models, it's nothing, we can solve it." ”

"Really?" The little girl asked in surprise.

I nodded heavily, "Yes." ”

Lu Xue smiled and looked at Xiao Yin, then turned her head and winked at me, as if to say that you did a good job, Brother Xiaoshan.

The little girl's mood slowly stabilized, and when she was about to go back, Lu Xue insisted on sending her, but the little girl couldn't resist it, so they went out together.

"Aren't all psychology students good at making up stories?" Sun Hao asked Lu Xue who had just entered the door teasingly.

"That's not the story." Lu Xue replied.

"What did Xiao Yin's grandmother say?" I asked.

"Didn't say anything, she said she believed you."

"If you want me to say, Xiaoshan, won't you be able to hear you when you close the door outside? It's yourself who is eventful. Sun Hao said.

Lu Xue cut and looked at him like an idiot.

"Xiaoyin is a girl, I don't close the door because I don't want others to guess." I said.

"When did you like to attack little girls, you are really "Sun Hao" is really "not for a long time" really why did you come.

"I don't close the door because of myself." I said "oh" and Luxue looked at me, smiling and winking.

"Man is an animal, and it is impossible to completely control it, but it can only be restricted."

"You're so dirty, even a little girl wants to do it,"

I shook my head, "I'm doing this because I don't want to leave an empty door in my mind, and I can only be put in a cage." ”

Sun Hao shrugged his shoulders and smiled disapprovingly. "If someone says that, I'll think he's hypocritical."

"Brother Xiaoshan, what should we do now? The model is broken. Lu Xue asked with a frown.

"Sun Hao, don't you want to decorate the house, then get me a few floors." I said to Sun Hao that it is inevitable to encounter damage to the parts when making a model, so many times I have to use the materials at hand to process it myself, and now I only hope that the material and texture of the floor can match the model.

"Brother Xiaoshan, can you guarantee that the material of the floor is the same as the model?" Lu Xue raised an eyebrow and smiled slyly.

I shook my head, "It depends on the texture, and the thickness of the material has to be cut, but even then there is no guarantee of the aftermath of the product." ”

"Since there is no guarantee, can the model still be the original model?" Luxue continued.

"Isn't a model just a child's toy?" Sun Hao shook his head disdainfully.

I thought about it seriously and shook my head, "No guarantees." ”

Sun Hao looked at us in surprise.

"If there are still parts that are broken, do you have to continue to replace them?"

I nodded.

"Then just use the floor to make it, give me this model, it seems to be fun to make a model, and when we're all done, Brother Xiaoshan, who do you say is the Black Pearl?" Lu Xue said with a smile still on her face.

"Oh my God, she's got another vice." Sun Hao muttered quietly.

I tilted my head sideways and thought for a moment, and took a deep breath, "Theseus' ship?" ”

Lu Xue's little trick succeeded, and she smiled and nodded.

"What ship, isn't it the Black Pearl? What kind of ship are you going to make? Can I live quietly for a few more years? Sun Hao jumped up violently, and there were signs of madness.

"It's an old thought experiment. Talking about a ship that can sail at sea for hundreds of years, thanks to non-stop repairs and replacement parts. As soon as a board rots, it is replaced, and so on, until all the functional parts are no longer the ones that were in the beginning. The question is, is the resulting ship still the original ship of Theseus, or is it a completely different ship? If it wasn't the original ship, then at what point was it no longer the original? If a new ship is built from old parts taken from the ship of Theseus, which of the two ships is the real ship of Theseus? Luxue explained.

"I obeyed you, just as if I didn't say anything." Sun Hao sat down again, drooping his head, and staring at the TV with a depressed expression. "It's a question of space-time continuity, and the ship that keeps changing parts has space-time continuity, so it's the ship of Theseus." I said, "Haven't we done it yet?" So if you make two ships, they both have their own space-time continuity, so both. ”

"But there's only one model, and the other is a derivative of the model, so why should I admit that yours is also a black pearl?"

I frowned, "Before the finished product, they are all materials, and it is only at the moment of making them that the pile of materials has a common name, so"

"That can't deny that yours is just a derivative of mine." Lu Xue interrupted me and continued to ask.

"Oh my God." Sun Hao lowered his head in pain.

"It can only be regarded as an accidental event, and an accidental event may trigger the creation of another thing, but it cannot be used to deny the value and meaning of the existence of that thing."

Lu Xue nodded and smiled sweetly, "Brother Xiaoshan is so smart. ”

Sun Hao looked at us as if he were looking at a monster, and continued to stare at the TV.

"In Brother Xiaoshan's words, let's escalate this issue a little further, if this is not two boats, but two fetuses, one is cloned by the other with cells, then when they are born and grown, how will they look at each other when they meet again?"

"Hey, why did you get the baby from the boat again, I really can't stand you." Sun Hao muttered dissatisfiedly.

"They're all going to think they're real and they're going to think the other person is fake." I said solemnly, "If these two boats also have thoughts, then they must not be able to tolerate each other." ”

Luxue nodded, "This is based on the creature of its own value and reasonable existence. ”

"What do you mean by that? What's the point? Sun Hao roared.

Yes, this shows that each of us likes to enclose ourselves inside the wall, and we all like to stand on the seemingly impregnable wall and look down on the world, thinking that it is safe and that this is enough, but we have never thought of going outside the wall to re-understand the world from the outside. Isn't that pitiful, little brother? Lu Xue asked with a smile.

Looking at her smile, I wanted to shake my head for no reason, but in the end I nodded gently.

"I'll go back to sleep." I said, then turned and walked into the bedroom.

"What the hell are you talking about?" I heard Sun Hao ask.

"Don't you understand?"

"Nope."

"I think Brother Xiaoshan should understand." Luxue said, her voice filled with a hint of satisfaction and joy.