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Re: Prove me wrong: there is no God
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2026 2:03 pm
by Will Bouwman
Dubious wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2026 2:30 am...when I croak, it will be final...
That is a very strong possibility, I don't think quantum immortality is going to save us. Consciousness is a funny old thing though.
Dubious wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2026 2:30 amThere is zero connection which negates any personal immortality as Everett supposed. If not true, what need would there be to speculate on the matter?
I would be more persuaded if there were at least one person who is older than 150 say; a Neanderthal perhaps. Come to think of it...
Dubious wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2026 2:30 amJust my two and half cents worth of useless assumptions. Like Socrates, I know that I know nothing...or was that Sergeant Schultz?
They are both estimable examples of intellectual virtue.
Re: Prove me wrong: there is no God
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2026 3:26 pm
by Dubious
Will Bouwman wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2026 2:03 pm
Dubious wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2026 2:30 am...when I croak, it will be final...
That is a very strong possibility, I don't think quantum immortality is going to save us. Consciousness is a funny old thing though.
Dubious wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2026 2:30 amThere is zero connection which negates any personal immortality as Everett supposed. If not true, what need would there be to speculate on the matter?
I would be more persuaded if there were at least one person who is older than 150 say; a Neanderthal perhaps. Come to think of it...
Dubious wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2026 2:30 amJust my two and half cents worth of useless assumptions. Like Socrates, I know that I know nothing...or was that Sergeant Schultz?
They are both estimable examples of intellectual virtue.
My mistake, I haven't used the word "statistical" in the right context. Should have looked befored I leaped! I'm usually more careful than that.
Re: Prove me wrong: there is no God
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2026 3:30 pm
by Will Bouwman
Let him without fuckups cast the first stone.