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Ask HN: What if we had to come back?

4•sans_souse•53m ago
It's a super basic question that never seems to get asked in such general terms. Set religion, spiritual beliefs aside (if you can) and just consider this in todays climate: What if "what happens when I die" was literally just coming right back, to this same world, same timeline. Don't question it's science this is simply a thought experiment.

If we knew we were to return, would this inherently lead to a more sustainable future for humans in general? The incentive to act "now" becomes much more pressing.

In my own experiences, I feel this whole "reality is a simulation" thing is part of whats making the world feel darker these days. I think when people point this out they normally do so in a spiritual context, and it falls on deaf ears. Well, I am very much for Science, and I see both validity in this as a thought experiment as well as just about as likely a theory of afterlife as most, while all remains unproven.

Comments

N_Lens•47m ago
To me it's evident that consciousness doesn't end with the death of the physical body.

It's foolish to think that in this fractal, endlessly repeating Universe that's billions of years old and unfathomably vast - you only live as tiny organism, not even a small cell, for the blink of an eye.

toomuchtodo•39m ago
https://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg.html
orionblastar•18m ago
Good story.
throwawaysleep•38m ago
It wouldn't change a thing.

People have to live in their bodies. Do they care for them? No.

andsoitis•38m ago
> "reality is a simulation"

A simulated universe requires everything an ordinary universe requires, plus a simulator.

Absent independent evidence for the simulator, “we are simulated” is a less parsimonious hypothesis than “the world we observe is the world.”

andsoitis•36m ago
> reality is a simulation"

If simulation theory is compatible with every possible observation, it predicts nothing—and a hypothesis that predicts nothing gives us no reason to believe it.

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