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So here's my theory
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August 8, 2015 at 4:23 am
(This post was last modified: August 8, 2015 at 4:23 am by RobBlaze.)
(August 8, 2015 at 4:15 am)Neimenovic Wrote:(August 8, 2015 at 4:09 am)RobBlaze Wrote: What's wrong with believing? Well I realized it all doesn't matter anyways, in a infinite existence everything possibility is doomed to happen over and over again and we will all live an infinite amount of lives over and over again and what I thought of will eventually happen, but then something will go wrong and something else will happen and then it may happen again in a different way an infinite amount of times and the reality is nothing really matters! Infinity is a scary thing...  RE: So here's my theory
August 8, 2015 at 4:27 am
(This post was last modified: August 8, 2015 at 4:27 am by Longhorn.)
And why do you believe existence to be infinite?
Trying to keep up with your word salad here  (August 8, 2015 at 4:09 am)RobBlaze Wrote:(August 8, 2015 at 4:08 am)Lucanus Wrote: Is the universe infinite? And why should you become conscious again? What is beyond the universe? How can you possibly know? Why should it go on to infinity?
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped. Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses. Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder. Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
For all we know, we could be simply heading towards the heat death of the universe, a state of maximum entropy where everything is still for all eternity. Infinite time does not imply that everything is possible.
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped. Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses. Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder. Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."  RE: So here's my theory
August 8, 2015 at 4:46 am
(This post was last modified: August 8, 2015 at 4:52 am by Alex K.)
(August 8, 2015 at 4:31 am)Lucanus Wrote: For all we know, we could be simply heading towards the heat death of the universe, a state of maximum entropy where everything is still for all eternity. Infinite time does not imply that everything is possible. In fact, evidence suggests that. But even if the universe lasts forever without heat death unexpectedly, you're still going to die and decay, OP, and whatever becomes of the parts, or a boltzman brain or whatevwr can't in any sensible manner be called a continuation of your mind any more than any other person is identical with you
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
 Quote:So I believe that once you are conscious you are conscious forever. Wherever you go/whatever form you take after you die doesn't matter. Quote: *shrug* And I believe that his highly trained battalion of battle hippopotami were the deciding factor in Alexander's victory at Gaugamela. While it is true that matter (in whatever form) doesn't 'disappear from existence' the 'you' certainly can. Consciousness is one of the consequences of brain function. When a brain becomes non-functional, consciousness is no more. Someone (I disremember who) put it as 'Consciousness surviving the destruction of the brain is about as likely as 100 mph surviving the crash of the car.' Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
 (August 8, 2015 at 3:42 am)RobBlaze Wrote: So I believe that once you are conscious you are conscious forever. Wherever you go/whatever form you take after you die doesn't matter.That's nice, dear. lol Let me guess - when you light a candle, it also stays lit forever, right?
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
I hate sleep.
Let's go Rob, galavanting about causing shenanigans for billions of years is just my cup of tea. :-) 
I see we have a young Descartes on our hands here.
Consciousness is derived from complex intra-neural communication, thus, when we die, so do our neurons. This yields a body that is no longer conscious. It is simple. If the conscious soul resides separate from the body, and each person who exists contains this soul, then why are we not conscious before conception? Is it because you only become conscious at the moment thereafter? Well, of course! Because the formation and complete development of the human brain gives rise to this phenomena.
Take the risk of thinking for yourself, much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way - Christopher Hitchens
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