I cannot express in words just how much I do not want my consciousness to persist, trapped, for trillions of years of darkness. That would be unimaginable hell.
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frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Also see Dyson’s Eternal Intelligence:
en.wikipedia.org/…/Dyson's_eternal_intelligence
Basically, if you assume it’s possible to upload our intelligence to a computer and run it, then you can keep the energy going to run it for a very, very long time. Well past the heat death of the rest of the universe. It depends on running things in an on and off state to conserve energy for trillions of years. Subjectively, the people in there wouldn’t notice that and would simply see their active lifespans go for trillions of years. It’s not clear what the limit would actually be.
It’s something like Zeno’s Paradox. You cut things in half each cycle, but never quite get to zero.
salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
What if there’s cookies?
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I’d delete them at the end of session, like any lemming would.
tempest@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
For there to be cookies one must assume an eternal cookie banner / pop up telling you this site uses cookies.
0ops@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
There’d only be dark chocolate chip. That’s just science
erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
with only a finite initial store of energy, only a finite number of thoughts can ever be processed. This “thermal death” of the universe prevents the infinite hibernation and computation trick from working, thus rendering Dyson’s eternal intelligence scenario impossible in a universe with a positive cosmological constant.
My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.
ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Eternity would get boring, a few trillion years would give you plenty of time to not miss out on anything life has to offer
BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
How would you know ? Maybe life really only gets interesting after trillions of years, and nobody has experienced truly great life yet, who’s to say…
Zacryon@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
puppycat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
that explains Pantheon really well
emmanuel_car@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
I see someone else is a Kurzgesagt fan https://youtu.be/VMm-U2pHrXE
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I like to watch them when I need a good existential crisis
smoker@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
May I introduce you to exurb1a
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I know him and have even read all his books
jballs@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I saw that pop up as a recommendation the other day but forgot to watch it until you posted that. Cool video! Weird how they come up with this crazy shit.