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I prefer this version
“This is DJ Theseus, changing one note every time the song is played but it’s still the same song.”
I need an explanation for this one like OP did for the other.
The Ship of Theseus is a thought experiment with no real relationship to Greek mythology other than that it takes its name from famous Greek hero sailor Theseus.
It says, if Theseus replaces on board on his ship, is it still the same ship? What if he then replaces another board? And another, and another, until eventually not a single part of the ship was there in the original? Is it the same ship then?
As an extension, what if you took all those boards removed from the original ship and put them back together? Is that Theusus’s ship?
Explanation: Sisyphus was a being of Greek mythology who was punished for defying the gods by being forced to roll a boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down. And then having to roll it back up. Repeat ad infinitem. For eternity. For this reason, repetitive and futile tasks are often known as ‘Sisyphean’.
Here, our modern Sisyphus is bringing the same rock, every night, for eternity. The toil truly never ends
