Topic: Despite the time cycles, I've had a disturbing thought.
Anonymous A started this discussion 15 years ago #7,790
If there is a big crunch, and then another big bang, we may get to relive our lives. But what if we are already living it an infinite amount of times now. Hard to explain. But this would mean there is nothing after death.
Nega !34Kas0OdzM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #135,086
stal !nator.ccGk joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 22 minutes later, 23 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #135,088
You already posted this in the last time cycle.
Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 10 minutes later, 34 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #135,090
It would also mean that those who live miserable lives have to live them over and over and over again for eternity. It would also mean that determinism is true and there is no such thing as free will.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 12 minutes later, 46 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #135,092
@previous (Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4)
No, we would be alive again. We wouldn't live exactly as we did before.
I think.
No, we would be alive again. We wouldn't live exactly as we did before.
I think.
Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4 replied with this 15 years ago, 15 hours later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #135,807
@previous (E)
So you're saying that there's just enough randomness/free will in the universe that each cycle around is different enough for each of us to live a slightly different life, but combine that with the "butterfly effect" and who's to say you would even exist at all? Maybe in the next cycle you'll be aborted, or never be conceived, or maybe humans never even evolved into what they are today, or maybe life never existed on earth, or maybe earth never came into existence. etc. etc. Which begs the question, even if everything goes similarly enough that it's still "you", if there are any slight differences is it really still "you"? Or is it just another person very similar to you given the circumstances? That being the case, it might not be the same stream of consciousness, would it?
So you're saying that there's just enough randomness/free will in the universe that each cycle around is different enough for each of us to live a slightly different life, but combine that with the "butterfly effect" and who's to say you would even exist at all? Maybe in the next cycle you'll be aborted, or never be conceived, or maybe humans never even evolved into what they are today, or maybe life never existed on earth, or maybe earth never came into existence. etc. etc. Which begs the question, even if everything goes similarly enough that it's still "you", if there are any slight differences is it really still "you"? Or is it just another person very similar to you given the circumstances? That being the case, it might not be the same stream of consciousness, would it?
protip !!pMmAiEwOm joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #135,809
What drugs are you on, tonight, Bitcoins?
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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #135,851
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RonPaul2012 !4EB6xd.Oos joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 hours later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #135,903
I find Christianity the most appealing philosophical system.