• deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
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    9 hours ago

    It’s like a Food of Theseus.

    Bit by bit the food is replaced with a bit of poop, at which point does it cease being food?

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        5 hours ago

        Unlike children, and some adults, I don’t eat sand, be it in a heap or not, so I’m not entirely convinced that’s the right model either.

        Interesting “paradox” though, as the initial premise of one million grains of sand being a heap falls over as it doesn’t specify the structure of the sand: which is what defines a heap of anything.