Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agoI'm a little sad that quantum immortality only works sideways and not also backwardsmessage-squaremessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squareI'm a little sad that quantum immortality only works sideways and not also backwardsAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square5linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-229 days agoQuantum immortality postulates that when you “die” in one universe, your consciousness continues in another. (in a nutshell) What it doesn’t specify is that your consciousness can ever go back to an earlier point in time (that you remember, anyway) Alcohol is great for nostalgia (e.g. “Hey, daytime whiskey, wanna meet my record collection?”).
minus-squareKairoslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·29 days agoNo reason why not. Doesnt it assert that everything is just random?
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·28 days agoYeah, your consciousness would actually really live on in the universe where you didn’t make that decision in the past. The trouble is that it’s not your your consciousness but another you.
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Quantum immortality postulates that when you “die” in one universe, your consciousness continues in another. (in a nutshell)
What it doesn’t specify is that your consciousness can ever go back to an earlier point in time (that you remember, anyway)
Alcohol is great for nostalgia (e.g. “Hey, daytime whiskey, wanna meet my record collection?”).
No reason why not. Doesnt it assert that everything is just random?
Yeah, your consciousness would actually really live on in the universe where you didn’t make that decision in the past. The trouble is that it’s not your your consciousness but another you.