Read more: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK10103/#:~:text=In%20humans%2C%20as%20many%20as,our%20entire%20body%20weight!)
TIL Roughly 100,000,000,000 cells die each day in our body and are replaced by other cells. It’s not uncommon for your body to replace an equivalent to its mass each year. The process is called Apoptosis, or “Programmed Cell Death” and plays an important role in preventing cancer.
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IRL Ship of Theseus
If you replace 100% of yourself over time, is the new self the same you or different you
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I’m not feeling myself today.
Every 7 years were reborn anew 🤣👌
Well then how come it doesn’t work so fucking often ?
Aren’t the new cells of lesser and lesser quality, thus aging?
Is this why I feel dead inside