Quantum Immortality Discussion

[Sixxis]

Quantum immortality is a speculative thought experiment that comes out of the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics. It’s not a mainstream scientific theory, but more of a philosophical exploration of what MWI might imply if taken to extremes.

I found the below video very interesting, and especially so as the mathematical and conceptual issues brought up are dependent on on multiple "selves", but seem to be resolved (and readily apparent in our existing reality) if we consider consciousness (or any experience of consciousness) as a singular being in and of itself.

He brings up ideas of "terror" (that I disagree with) and computational limitations that, in my opinion, would occur based on our conception of what we and reality are -- the grasping of surviving in finite lives that impose limits on reality that, in the end, we would rather avoid -- inadvertently turning life from a realm of infinite potential to a veritable hell.

It's also interesting to consider that "desire" could act as a fundamental determinant of probability in this scenario, in that whatever consciousness focuses on is what transforms or likely comes into being, and conflicting desires would lead to conflict and disorder, something only possible through conflicting definitions of self.

I would LOVE to hear Leo's, and the rest of your thoughts on this video!
 

 

Edited September 27 by Sixxis

[Majnun]

For a long time, quantum immortality terrified me to the deepest core of my being. Quantum immortality doesn't mean that you are invulnerable, and going to live happy life for as long as possible. It just means that from all possible quantum states, you will end up in one where your consciousness continues to exist. For example, if you shoot yourself in the head, it doesn't guarantee that the bullet doesn't fire. What's more likely is that bullet does fire, and you just somehow survive the otherwise fatal brain injury. And then you continue to cling to consciousness while brain injured. Given long enough span of time, you're going to suffer from countless "fatal" injuries, and might end up as a paralyzed quadruple amputee, still clinging to consciousness. After thousand years, you're still miraculously conscious. Maybe Artificial Superintelligence cured aging and fully restored your body, or maybe... you're just a piece of rotting brain matter in the gutter, miraculously clinging to consciousness due to quantum tunneling of oxygen and glucose.

Of course, I'm no longer afraid of that. I realize now that I'm not the content of my dream (human being made of atoms), but the eternal act of dreamweaving itself. When my time is up, I will simply stop imagining myself as this particular human and start imagining myself as something else. In fact, I already done that, and now I'm you.

[Jehovah increases]

You see, you were never born to begin with; it's just a background story you created for this particular dream. How can that which is forever die?   

Leo wrote this a long time ago.

And you believe that one day you will die, but notice that is a belief that's just an assumption; it's never happened to you, and in fact, it never will. Because you are God, you exist eternally in your eternal consciousness. And when you realize this, this is awakening. The holy grail is not a physical object it is simply the realization that everyone, including yourself, is a construction of your own mind, and when you realize this, then you're immortal.

Edited September 27 by Jehovah increases