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raskolnikov
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- Aug 10, 2018
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I was thinking of this:
Let's assume a materialist point of view: consciousness vanishes with death (cerebral death) because it is no other than a biological process.
Ok.
Now, if this is actually the case, do you think however in a future time, may it be even thousands or millions years, you could experience counsciousness again?
As "you" will be again the mind of another living being (preferably given of selfcounsciousness, let's say another human being)?
Obviously it won't be "you", but just another being like you are in this very moment.
I don't know if this even make sense, or appears a delirium, it's just a thing I've been thinking about for some days.
I have a hard time to cope with the idea of not experiencing anything more for the rest of times (billions years if not more).
It's true that we came to life at a time when universe already existed for about 14 billion years without us having any experience of that and the fact doesn't touch us at all. So this should give an idea of what to "expect" after death.
But to my theory I wouldn't exclude each of "us" actually has already experienced life before the one we're now living, on this or on another planet.
If you think out of probabilities, how many of those were there that you came to life, as a human being, at this time, on this planet, in this corner of the universe, which is larger than our mind can't even realize? I would say fery few, close to none. Harder than winning the lottery 1000 times in a row.
So I think that maybe the experience of consciousness, of finding ourselves "inside" a living being isn't this unique as we thought it to be.
Please tell me if this make any sense to you :)
Let's assume a materialist point of view: consciousness vanishes with death (cerebral death) because it is no other than a biological process.
Ok.
Now, if this is actually the case, do you think however in a future time, may it be even thousands or millions years, you could experience counsciousness again?
As "you" will be again the mind of another living being (preferably given of selfcounsciousness, let's say another human being)?
Obviously it won't be "you", but just another being like you are in this very moment.
I don't know if this even make sense, or appears a delirium, it's just a thing I've been thinking about for some days.
I have a hard time to cope with the idea of not experiencing anything more for the rest of times (billions years if not more).
It's true that we came to life at a time when universe already existed for about 14 billion years without us having any experience of that and the fact doesn't touch us at all. So this should give an idea of what to "expect" after death.
But to my theory I wouldn't exclude each of "us" actually has already experienced life before the one we're now living, on this or on another planet.
If you think out of probabilities, how many of those were there that you came to life, as a human being, at this time, on this planet, in this corner of the universe, which is larger than our mind can't even realize? I would say fery few, close to none. Harder than winning the lottery 1000 times in a row.
So I think that maybe the experience of consciousness, of finding ourselves "inside" a living being isn't this unique as we thought it to be.
Please tell me if this make any sense to you :)
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