There is another possiblity of eternal life, but this one depends on the universe being "closed", not "open" as in the first Consolation. In other words, the universe must be an oscallating one; one that is caught in an infinite cycle of Big Bangs and Big Crunches. If the physics of each universe is the same as our own then after a long enough wait intellegent life will evolve on a earth-like planet. After a tremendous amount of time an intelligent being will eventually have an exact replica of your brain. Will you be reincarnated as this being? Why or why not? Also, if this universe is not closed, do you think an sufficiently advanced civilization who has discovered this possiblity might try to somehow create enough matter to reverse the expansion of the universe so that this possiblity becomes true? Or maybe the reverse; maybe after a finite number of rebirths a sufficiently advanced civilization will try to turn a closed universe into a open one so that the reincarnations stop?
2006-11-04
20:33:36
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