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Started by Theisticdefenderofatheism, June 10, 2024, 11:31:47 PM

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Theisticdefenderofatheism

Quote from: Blackleaf on June 12, 2024, 11:20:40 AMProbably varies by country, but it's on Netflix where I live (America).
Thanks, I'll double check it when I get home

Gawdzilla Sama

Quote from: Theisticdefenderofatheism on June 11, 2024, 11:14:52 PMMaybe, but there is no reason an afterlife need be eternal. It could just go on till one gets bored of it, or maybe there is none
One of my favorite what-ifs is an immortal being who gets too close to a neutron star and crashes there. Plasters to the surface by the gravity, impossible to escape, and he'll live forever. (Long after the heat death of the universe? Worst case.)
We 'new atheists' have a reputation for being militant, but make no mistake  we didn't start this war. If you want to place blame put it on the the religious zealots who have been poisoning the minds of the  young for a long long time."
PZ Myers

Unbeliever

I think I (and we) will live again in the next iteration of the universe, but I (and we) won't remember this time around. I think I (and we) have lived (and will live) an infinite number of lives, but I (and we) have no continuity of memory of that infinite number of lives.
I could, of course, be wrong about that.
God Not Found
"There is a sucker born-again every minute." - C. Spellman

Gawdzilla Sama

Success in life is escape from the wheel.
We 'new atheists' have a reputation for being militant, but make no mistake  we didn't start this war. If you want to place blame put it on the the religious zealots who have been poisoning the minds of the  young for a long long time."
PZ Myers

Theisticdefenderofatheism

Quote from: Mr.Obvious on June 12, 2024, 01:25:35 AMReminds me of the show 'the good place'.
Haven't watched it fully, but i know how it ends.
Good show, handeling philosofical questions with a dollop of humor.
Found it on Netflix (Australia), I'll give it a watch

Blackleaf

Quote from: Unbeliever on June 13, 2024, 10:26:28 AMI think I (and we) will live again in the next iteration of the universe, but I (and we) won't remember this time around. I think I (and we) have lived (and will live) an infinite number of lives, but I (and we) have no continuity of memory of that infinite number of lives.
I could, of course, be wrong about that.

I've heard it suggested that each black hole could be the singularity that starts a new universe. The main argument seems to be that the amount of density required to form a black hole gets smaller the bigger the scale you're working with. Basically, a tiny black hole requires a ton of pressure. A ton of energy has to be packed down into the same place for it to collapse into a singularity. But massive black holes out there were created with much less pressure. It still requires a lot of stuff, but it doesn't have to be as densely packed in order to collapse. So, if you extend that pattern to the extreme, how much density/pressure does it take to make a universe-sized black hole? Probably not a lot. What if we're already in a black hole?

If true, every black hole that is created could represent the birth of a brand new universe. There could be an infinite pattern in both directions. We could be a universe in a black hole, which is also a universe in a black hole, and so on. And our black holes may be universes with their own black holes, which birth their own universes. The chances of there being another person who is completely identical to you in every way would be basically guaranteed.


Here's a video that probably describes the idea more clearly.
"Oh, wearisome condition of humanity,
Born under one law, to another bound;
Vainly begot, and yet forbidden vanity,
Created sick, commanded to be sound."
--Fulke Greville--