I now see you did mention that earlier but somehow I missed it on reading
I did indeed. I was on the ball!
There's a further thought experiment.
What if they'd saved all the discarded boat parts and used those parts to construct a new ship? Would that ship be the Ship of Theseus or would the other one be his ship?
Also, I thought it was a Zeno Paradox, but it is not one of his.
It's almost like, would anybody notice if they sank the Britannic instead of the Titanic and just changed the names.
I guess with the crappy old parts re-assembled the new one would have to be called the new-boat.
I was thinking earlier, if there was a certain old car that you had always really wanted to own and none were available how much would it cost to build a replica with a modern drivetrain and suspension that still looks like the old car
A lot. It'd cost a whole lot. I can't even speculate, but we're talking multiples of six figures.
Now, there's some good info. Many of the desirable cars still have things like body panels being remanufactured. A modern frame that's complete with all the bits isn't actually all that expensive.
So, if you can still buy body panels that'll save you a bunch of money.
Otherwise, you're talking about recreating them based on photos and (hopefully) finding a real car to measure from every point.
They do make complete replicas, but those are made in multiples - so the development cost is offset by having a market to sell multiple examples. As this is just one example, it's gonna cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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