I did come back to this forum because I remembered a large number of people having problems with nihilism, solipsism, and other such depressions. I did start a thread on this topic here presenting a more academic and rational interpretation of Christianity, in one case, without requiring any acceptance of supernatural events.There is no religion, it’s a lie — Qu King
I'll call your 100 years and go all in... what difference does it make if you die now, or never die? If you are immortal what is the point?What difference does it make if I die now or 100 years from now? — Qu King
The first ten million years were the worst. And the second ten million years, they were the worst too. The third ten million years I didn't enjoy at all. After that, I went into a decline. — Marvin (from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
You aren't, actually; lots of people feel this way. But this is just your survival instinct talking for you. Picture it not as an ideal, but a reality. Congratulations! You're now immortal. Now what? Take it seriously and see where it goes. I'm sure you'd really have a blast the first... few days. Weeks. 20 years. 500 years. Whatever number that is probably depends on you, but at some point everything is going to get incredibly monotonous. After a few hundred times the time it takes for things to get monotonous, then what?I cannot believe I am the only one that thinks like this. — Qu King
:up:Your survival instinct is deluding you... living for a long time no more gives you purpose than dying young robs it from you. Purpose has to do with what you do while you are alive. — InPitzotl
Agreed. And you're not "the only one" :sweat: (below is an excerpt of a post from an old thread):The brain is the most complex thing in the universe, it needs preserving and there needs to be a movement of likeminded people.
I cannot believe I am the only one that thinks like this. — Qu King
(I'm planning on some sort of chemical brain preservation process rather than tissue-cellular destroying "cryonics" to hopefully keep my brain 'viable' after I die until the technology is (if it's ever) ready for prime time.) — 180 Proof
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