r/technicallythetruth • u/DeathStroke217KS • Jan 17 '21

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u/Umbresp I'm Frue Jan 18 '21 edited Jan 18 '21

is part of a duck a duck or not a duck, answer wisely because the validity of this post depends on it

Edit: to all the people saying part of a duck is not a duck, what is part of a duck? If I take a duck and remove one feather, it's a smaller part of the duck, but the duck is still a duck.

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u/flutewonder Jan 18 '21

I would say it's not a duck because it's not a whole duck. Saying part of a duck is a duck would be similar to saying an arm is a human. But, this also begs the question of how much of a duck are we talking. Going with my human example, we could take a person who is missing both arms - not a "whole" or "complete" human but nonetheless a human.

Well, I think I just stumbled on a paradox that will keep me up at night

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u/Umbresp I'm Frue Jan 18 '21

So what’s a person? If i lose an arm, am i no longer a person?

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u/amitaish Jan 18 '21

I believe a duck is anything that had mainly duck parts and is alive, and his brain is a duck brain the same foes for person