• GONADS125@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You shouldn’t state quantum immortality theory as fact. It’s not like the theory of gravity where we have a pretty solid understanding with overwhelming empirical observations. It’s just wild speculation and thought experiment. It’s philosophical; not scientific.

    Brain death/loss of consciousness is not binary; it’s a progressive loss of cognitive faculties. Here is a decent write-up debunking quantum immortality. (PDF warning).

    Quantum immortality is just the new Mandela effect in pop culture.

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      1 year ago

      Oh you mean that was a serious post? I thought it was clearly a joke 😅

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        1 year ago

        I did think it was serious… I see stuff like that said in all seriousness all the time online. My bad. It’s too hard to tell anymore…

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            Yeah, agreed. I originally found the “/s” shorthand for sarcasm cringey, but I feel like it’s necessary anymore…

            It feels like reality and satire have merged, like we’re living in The Onion or something…

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          It’s probably a fault of mine that I don’t take ridiculous ideas seriously, even when it’s well known that others do.