The enormous scale of the Universe cannot be compared. — Gus Lamarch

It might be possible in the future, string theory highly suggests of multiverses. Once we find another one, we can compare them. Then again, theory works, until it is proven wrong.

the most advanced scientific theories that we have today - such as the Big Bang - bring us at most an "possibly" as an answer. — Gus Lamarch

Exactly, no matter how much we hypothetically think of the problem, our technological advancements aren't enough to determine what is life and our universe.

However, in my opinion, we should start thinking of all the possible futures and act towards the best one. Technology advances at an exponential rate, which means, how many more folds do we need?
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The most plausible view today is that the entire contemporary society will collapse in the next 100 or 150 years and we will enter a new dark age. — Gus Lamarch

Are you knowledgeable of the Great Filter?

I understand what you're implying. I think this idea could go well with the ouroboros? If your battery is replaced (reincarnation), you might not know of your past time, even though you're the same unit with a different energy source.

You could say that there was nothing, before our universe began. If this is not correct, it would change a lot. A big bang, the beginning of our universe, that is the moment when everything was whole. Individuality started to split from the whole, creating everything in our universe.

But when you battery stops, do you get the same identity back when the new battery gets put in? — god must be atheist

That is something, that we will have to see in the future. There is no promise, that a battery change wouldn't change your being. It is a large part of yourself as you may imagine.

Might start writing a story/book around this subject. I was enlightened yesterday, when i thought this up. It totally changed the way i view myself and humanity. Everything makes so much more sense, once you think of life this way.

if it continues to act and think in the way it currently does — Gus Lamarch

Exactly, that is why we need change. Individuality comes at a price, when your population grows too big. That is the reason we need to become whole again. We started as a whole, which split apart at the beginning. Now is the time, for that to happen again, but this time, we as humanity have to become whole.

If the unit itself sets out to change its own battery, then it will never happen; it may be able to take out the old battery, but the unit can't put a battery in while it's inoperational due to not having battery power. — god must be atheist

Exactly, You need someone else to change your battery, that is the reason we should always try to work together. By working together, you're increasing the chances of someone, whom you've benefited, to be there to change your battery for you, when the time is nigh.

Humanity has idealized this since its beginnings – God. — Gus Lamarch

Indeed, that is the path we've been going towards since the beginning, there is no way to stop it. How fast and how safely we get there, that is something we can affect and should affect. You could say, that the big bang was the first clock to be wound up. We as humanity need to be able to change that battery, before our universe comes to an end.

List a few examples for us — Outlander

You should look to improve yourself for the sake of humanity, not because of yourself. Find the strengths and weaknesses you have and decide a path, that works for you. You shouldn't look to benefit yourselves, like our current society works, because that causes a lot of problems. When you benefit other individuals with your actions, they will benefit you, because you have been of benefit for them. If we act in a way that is beneficial to others, those benefits accumulate and you will always gain more back, hence you could call it investment instead of sacrifice.

Is that really a sacrifice then or a mere investment? — Outlander

Existence demands the realization of the individual. — Gus Lamarch

We are at the point, where we're realizing our individuality, but what is the next step? I think becoming an individual being called humanity is the next step for our species. Collect all the knowledge individual humans have obtained and gathering it into a single point. Hivemind is a pretty close term for that.

To benefit others you have to sacrifice something. — Outlander

By benefiting others, you're also improving the quality of your life. By sacrificing something for others, you're gaining more back.

Immortality can only be achieved by egoism. — Gus Lamarch

I do agree that human ego is the driving force of humanity, because we are finite, we need to obtain more as fast as possible. That is possible only, because of our ego.

No, i'm not familiar with eco-philosophy, will have to check that out.

Consider that there is no fixed human nature — unenlightened

We have become independent as we've evolved through time. We used to need others, but now, you're being used. Should we act more as a single entity, or divide our forces, which promotes competition and that makes evolution faster.

This question is fascinating, because it depends on your basic knowledge on the subjects. There is no correct answer to, what should be done in a situation where this was the case? I tried to get the saying out by using common terms, that are used these days like a virus. Provoking you to think of us humans as a single thing inhabiting this planet and consuming it on it's way.

That is a good question.

viruses have a goal and that is living within a host, using it's resources to advance their technology. That technology is then used to infest other organisms (planets). If a virus can't infest another organism, it would only require one extinction event to end humanity.