> I’ve previously encountered the idea of equating the state prior to my birth (nothing), with that of my death (also nothing). I think some people call this c

> I’ve previously encountered the idea of equating the state prior to my birth (nothing), with that of my death (also nothing). I think some people call this concept “Eternal Oblivion”: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_oblivion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_oblivion > is it any more absurd to be born twice than once It depends if you’re approaching this from a scientific perspective or not. From a scientific perspective, this isn’t something that we’ve been able to test or document in a controlled way. It’s not clear why some people claim to have vivid recollection or subtle feelings of past lives and others don’t. We also don’t know of any natural mechanism that would cause this to happen. So scientists are stuck on the hypothesis phase as no one to date has been able to construct a repeatable experiment. If no one can design a proper experiment and this hypothesis of multiple lives is unfalsifiable, then some would reference Russell’s Teapot and conclude that it’s not worth pursuing scientifically: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell's_teapot https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell's_teapot But if you’re approaching it from a philosophical/religious perspective, then why not? You’re free to believe whatever helps you enjoy life and decrease suffering. You don’t have to justify it to anyone and it only matters if you find it absurd or not.