on exes
Of course, human tissue completely regenerates every seven years.
It's unlikely our scars are composed of the same molecules. Do you think it's really appropriate to consider people to be the same entity they were seven years earlier? Because physically, they are not. They are connected but every part has changed. Like a renovated house. It seems like after seven years you shouldn't be liable for things you did before. Why should a man be imprisoned for a crime commited by a different physical entity? Should we expect a couple to stay married when they barely share a molecule with the people who said, ‘I do’?
“Machine Man” by Max Barry
It's unlikely our scars are composed of the same molecules. Do you think it's really appropriate to consider people to be the same entity they were seven years earlier? Because physically, they are not. They are connected but every part has changed. Like a renovated house. It seems like after seven years you shouldn't be liable for things you did before. Why should a man be imprisoned for a crime commited by a different physical entity? Should we expect a couple to stay married when they barely share a molecule with the people who said, ‘I do’?
“Machine Man” by Max Barry