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We're just experiencing quantum immortality. Most earths died in their reality in 2012. So the state of our universe grows more and more unlikely as time goes on and we avoid the worst possible outcomes of potential world wars, scientific experiments going sideways and pandemics.
Just imagine how the universe must look like for the people who didn't have covid 19.
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.
Oh you mean that was a serious post? I thought it was clearly a joke 😅
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....
World's too crazy to tell what's serious and what not.
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...
It’s probably a fault of mine that I don’t take ridiculous ideas seriously, even when it’s well known that others do.