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(lemmy.world)
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.
"No one ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and they're not the same person." - Heraclitus
What if the feeling that you are the same "person" as you were yesterday, or even as you were 5 seconds ago was illusory all along? What if you "die" and a new you is born many times a second all the time?
There's also a Ship of Theseus thing going on here since your cells are constantly being replaced by new cells. At what point do you stop being you and are simply the train of thought that carried over from your old cells?