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Strangely enough, the observed / estimated mortality rate is around 93% -- the seven billion living people haven't yet died. On another somber note, even if we
by diziet 14y ago
Strangely enough, the observed / estimated mortality rate is around 93% -- the seven billion living people haven't yet died.
On another somber note, even if we could transcribe our consciousness to machines, achieve singularity, etc -- all we do is delay it by another number. The sun is going to burn out, explode an expand, and eventually stars in general will run out of fuel. Is only hope is to change your conscious understanding of life and existence to accept non existence?
- rpm4321 14y ago"all we do is delay it by another number" 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 > 80
- delinquentme 14y agoThank you. I'm glad someone pointed this out.
- dennisgorelik 14y agoThere are way too many zeroes in that number.
- petercooper 14y agoFor anyone interested in the various guesses at what the number could actually be: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_an_expanding_universe#Timeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_an_expanding_universe... That said, it does seem even if we gain a mind-boggling level of energy manipulation, 10^20..10^40 years is a rough expectation for regular matter, as we know it, to continue to exist.
- erre 14y agoTrue, but I think it illustrates his point further: given enough zeroes, it's close enough to infinity that it doesn't matter :)
- dougk16 14y agoNot if we learn how to reverse entropy! (http://filer.case.edu/dts8/thelastq.htm http://filer.case.edu/dts8/thelastq.htm)
- delinquentme 14y agocoping mechanism to accept death.
- chii 14y agohopefully, by the sun's expiry date, we would've collected enough energy and advanced technology enough to travel to another star.
- mietek 14y agoWe shall ponder reversing entropy and/or escaping the universe in due course.
- philbarr 14y ago> to accept non existence? Absolutely, I can't think of anything worse than living forever. Enjoy this brief period of time you have being alive, and accept that it is finite. The only thing you need to worry about with death is that it doesn't come too early, and to try and avoid it being in absolute agony (if you can).