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Sure. I'm not saying the good outweighs the bad in every individual life. But you're explicitly picking the most extreme examples, and this is a claim being mad
by bccdee 2y ago
Sure. I'm not saying the good outweighs the bad in every individual life. But you're explicitly picking the most extreme examples, and this is a claim being made about life in general.
- wat10000 2y agoI believe the point is that the person in The Egg experiences every extreme example.
- bccdee 2y agoThey live each life separately, though, with no memories of their other lives. Joe from Idaho isn't suffering in the moment because of the experiences of some poor sap halfway across the world, even if they're both part of a greater continuum. The character will only regain memory of all the events when they "hatch" & become a god, at which point (being divinely capable of remembering billions of lifetimes) they will presumably have the mental fortitude to deal with that trauma.
- wat10000 2y agoAs far as we know, people don’t remember anything after they die. Does that mean it’s no big deal to torture you to death? You won’t remember it.