Forced to code instead of pondering existence? Congrats, you've stumbled into the Ship of Theseus paradox anyway! This Python code brilliantly implements the ancient philosophical question: if you replace every part of a ship, is it still the same ship? The code compares two identical ASCII art ships and concludes they're the same despite replacements - exactly what philosophers have argued about for centuries. Your parents thought they were steering you away from "useless" philosophy, but here you are, solving metaphysical puzzles with a text editor instead of a quill. Checkmate, practical career advice.