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I concluded that, with high probability, there is life after death. Simple:

1. Current life is clearly possible (cogito ergo sum etc).

2. When this one ends, statistically it's inevitable there will be another one. See e.g. Boltzmann brain [1].

The pickle is that the timespan between 1 and 2 could be very long. But since you're not aware of it that doesn't matter. Also, the other pickle is you won't remember it, and that one really burns.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltzmann_brain

parent foobarian 4 years ago

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