But that's my point: when you choose to make a call on the definition os "the same", the problem no longer exists. SoT only exists while you refuse to provide a more precise definition for "the same".
> Different systems have chosen to take very different stances on this.
Yes, and any stance will solve the problem. You could say that it is the Schrodinger's Cat of philosophy: the moment you decide to go one level deeper (open the box and observe the cat), the problem ceases to exist.
> These are not just interesting riddles anymore
Agreed, and the point of the original commentary was that they were never interesting riddles to start with, they were only riddles at all because we purposefully forced them to be riddles. We avoided the fact simply to carry on the discussion.
Similarly, any judge won't care about the SoT, because at the end of the day, that judge will have to make a call if the ship in question is Theseus' or not.
And just like quantum mechanics, the moment you look at it, the "wave function collapses" and you have a solution.
SoT is only a problem for the same duration as Schrodinger's cat: while you refuse to open the box.