Quite a shame how people respond

[Cyberman]

It's also said that a wish made on the first star you see at night will come true. People say all sorts of bollociks.

[Tonus]

In Shrimat Bhagavatam is said bad guys demons were getting soo strong that God born as avatar and had to slaughter them all because demigods weren't able to do so. Demons get their reward by being killed hy God himself. After such extreme role soul gets one of the highest possible rewards.

You just described about half of the video games currently on the market, I think.

[JesusHChrist]

In Shrimat Bhagavatam is said bad guys demons were getting soo strong that God born as avatar and had to slaughter them all because demigods weren't able to do so. Demons get their reward by being killed hy God himself. After such extreme role soul gets one of the highest possible rewards.

Dilithium is an extremely hard crystalline mineral that occurs naturally on some planets.

When placed in a high-frequency electromagnetic field, magnetic eddies are induced in its structure which keep charged particles away from the crystal lattice. This prevents it from reacting with antimatter when so energized, because the antimatter particles never actually touch it.

Therefore, it is used to contain and regulate the annihilation reaction of matter and antimatter in a starship's warp core, which otherwise would explode from the uncontrolled annihilation reaction.

Though low-quality artificial crystals can be grown or replicated, they are limited in the power of the reaction they can regulate without fragmenting, and are therefore largely unsuitable for warp drive applications. Due to the need for natural dilithium crystals for interstellar travel, deposits of this material are, much like oil, a highly contested resource, and as such, dilithium crystals have led to more interstellar conflict than all other reasons combined.

[Gearbreak]

Yeah, who knew? Right - I wish for my afterlife to be filled with shitloads of money, booze, expensive food, and my Sam. Also a clause that it lasts about the same time as ordinary 'life' life, since eternity is so agonisingly dull.

I think an eternity could be exciting with enough freedom and imagination. Infinite possibilities and all people ever seem to come up with though is something where they feel comfort for eternity and their enemies suffer for an equal amount of time. A cycle of reincarnation seems more interesting. It makes me wonder what kind of person would emerge at the end of 1000 different lifetimes. Or a chance to explore the universe and possible beyond. All kinds of shit you could learn in those cases. I'm actually hoping for eternity, at least one that religion hasn't made up. I'm curious as to what I would do with it. Though I'll probably just rot in the ground, which is honestly fine. Eternal peace is my second choice, there's no peace with awareness.

[Cyberman]

Bear in mind that eternity isn't simply a very long time; it's never ending, by definition. Even with all the freedom and imagination in existence, you'd be hard pressed to come up with something so engaging that you'd never tire of it. Eventually, after a few thousand years or whatever, it's inevitable I'm afraid that it would be a (non-)living hell. Non-existence through oblivion is the only guarantee of eternal peace.

[Rayaan]

A cycle of reincarnation seems more interesting. It makes me wonder what kind of person would emerge at the end of 1000 different lifetimes.

I don't even want to think what I would become.

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[Brian37]

A cycle of reincarnation seems more interesting. It makes me wonder what kind of person would emerge at the end of 1000 different lifetimes.

I don't even want to think what I would become.

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The idea of reincarnation is simply an ignorant anthropomorphic VERY BAD GUESS about the nature of cycles in life. Humans see the seasons come and go, and life and death and then new birth.

Outside myth in the scientific reality of the universe, I can see atoms(with no individual memory like a human, but atoms going from being part of one thing, breaking off due to natural processes to become part of something else. It would also not surprise me that "all this" is simply a non caused non cognitive cycle, like winter changing into spring.

But reincarnation is as much a bullshit myth as Jesus rising from the dead. It is simply another form of superstition humans concoct to avoid our finite existence.

[Gearbreak]

Nothing wrong with wanting more. I'm content with rotting in the ground, but I'll be overjoyed if I get the chance at a free infinite existence. It's something I hope for.

[JesusHChrist]

It's something I hope for.

I hope for a house on the beach in Malibu, a Ferrari 458 and Mila Kunis as one of the members of my harem.

I'd take that over being reincarnated as a worm any day. You see, I've been very naughty in this life and worm-hood is about all I would expect in the next life.

No doubt, in that next life, I would be a very naughty worm indeed and would then get reincarnated as some sort of slime mold. When will I ever learn?

[Gearbreak]

I hope to embrace my wormhood and find a wonderful garden to live in before finally dying in the street after it rains.