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I just feel that in general. Lying in bed on most nights I can "feel" my body disintegrating. Forever, irreversibly as I drift into cold nothingness. To end on

I just feel that in general. Lying in bed on most nights I can "feel" my body disintegrating. Forever, irreversibly as I drift into cold nothingness. To end on a positive note, I still find it less terrifying than the alternative, which is living forever.

umvi 4y ago
> To end on a positive note As a religious person this is actually like the most negative note imaginable for me. I mean, sure, I'll grant you life after death is "terrifying" in a "fear of the unknown" sense, but I would definitely prefer seeing deceased loved ones again and continuing to learn and progress after death vs. ceasing to exist.
- Sirened 4y ago
  I don't know, I've heard so many stories of people that, after 90+ years, are just bored of life. It's unimaginable to me now but I've only been an adult for a small fraction of the time they've been and so maybe you can really just run out of things to do.
  - umvi 4y ago
    > I don't know, I've heard so many stories of people that, after 90+ years, are just bored of life. Would they still feel that way if they had youthful energy and a more elastic mind, I wonder? Hard to tell. I myself hope I'm more like Donald Knuth in my old age - still curious and learning and progressing.
    - bamboozled 4y ago
      Maybe, my grandmother was like this at 80, she had a great life but she’d seen enough, eaten enough cakes, hugged enough grandchildren, she wasn’t depressed just felt satisfied. She was very peaceful, she died at 86.
- no_time 4y ago
  An eternity to be concious is a long time. Over an infinite amount of time it can go wrong in an infinite number of ways. Seeing your loved ones is great. Exhausting the total combination of <1hr long conversations with them over an infinite amount of time, not so much. What do you even do after that? You've spoken with them about everything you can express with english words. Do you continue to make up new concepts forever to keep yourself entertained?
  - umvi 4y ago
    > Seeing your loved ones is great. Exhausting the total combination of <1hr long conversations with them over an infinite amount of time, not so much. What do you even do after that? Well assuming everyone is conscious in the next life and can interact with each other, then that would lead one to assume next life has technology at least as good as ours, if not better since it collectively contains the sum knowledge of every human who has ever lived. Unless we are just disembodied consciousnesses that can't interact with matter anymore. In any case though, the mere existence of an afterlife in which you can visit with deceased loved ones is a strong sign there is a benevolent God over all and I'm sure said God would help solve the boredom problem. So I'm not terribly worried either way. Cease to exist = can't worry about it. Continue to be conscious = won't worry about it.
    - no_time 4y ago
      >God would help solve the boredom problem. So I'm not terribly worried either way. Cease to exist = can't worry about it. Continue to be conscious = won't worry about it. Great idea. It will probably take a while for me to internalize it but I really like what you're saying.

umvi 4y ago

> To end on a positive note As a religious person this is actually like the most negative note imaginable for me. I mean, sure, I'll grant you life after death is "terrifying" in a "fear of the unknown" sense, but I would definitely prefer seeing deceased loved ones again and continuing to learn and progress after death vs. ceasing to exist.

Sirened 4y ago
I don't know, I've heard so many stories of people that, after 90+ years, are just bored of life. It's unimaginable to me now but I've only been an adult for a small fraction of the time they've been and so maybe you can really just run out of things to do.
- umvi 4y ago
  > I don't know, I've heard so many stories of people that, after 90+ years, are just bored of life. Would they still feel that way if they had youthful energy and a more elastic mind, I wonder? Hard to tell. I myself hope I'm more like Donald Knuth in my old age - still curious and learning and progressing.
  - bamboozled 4y ago
    Maybe, my grandmother was like this at 80, she had a great life but she’d seen enough, eaten enough cakes, hugged enough grandchildren, she wasn’t depressed just felt satisfied. She was very peaceful, she died at 86.
no_time 4y ago
An eternity to be concious is a long time. Over an infinite amount of time it can go wrong in an infinite number of ways. Seeing your loved ones is great. Exhausting the total combination of <1hr long conversations with them over an infinite amount of time, not so much. What do you even do after that? You've spoken with them about everything you can express with english words. Do you continue to make up new concepts forever to keep yourself entertained?
- umvi 4y ago
  > Seeing your loved ones is great. Exhausting the total combination of <1hr long conversations with them over an infinite amount of time, not so much. What do you even do after that? Well assuming everyone is conscious in the next life and can interact with each other, then that would lead one to assume next life has technology at least as good as ours, if not better since it collectively contains the sum knowledge of every human who has ever lived. Unless we are just disembodied consciousnesses that can't interact with matter anymore. In any case though, the mere existence of an afterlife in which you can visit with deceased loved ones is a strong sign there is a benevolent God over all and I'm sure said God would help solve the boredom problem. So I'm not terribly worried either way. Cease to exist = can't worry about it. Continue to be conscious = won't worry about it.
  - no_time 4y ago
    >God would help solve the boredom problem. So I'm not terribly worried either way. Cease to exist = can't worry about it. Continue to be conscious = won't worry about it. Great idea. It will probably take a while for me to internalize it but I really like what you're saying.