Every cell in a human body replaces itself across predictable cycles. Skin renews within weeks. Blood cycles within months. Bone restructures across years. Material continuity does not persist. The paradox of a ship rebuilt plank by plank illustrates the same structural question. When no original component remains, identity depends on pattern rather than substance. Human development follows a similar architecture. Beliefs evolve. Memory distorts and compresses. Emotional responses recalibrate through experience. Despite this turnover, legal, moral, and relational accountability continue uninterrupted. Continuity therefore appears to arise from coherence across change. Structure is maintained through integration of consequence. Without integration, fragmentation increases. With integration, growth stabilizes identity across renewal cycles. The relevant inquiry shifts from preserving components to maintaining alignment between intention and action. Selfhood functions as organized pattern sustained through responsible iteration rather than fixed material permanence.
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