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minus-squareChadus_Maximus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoReally? Do something to prove it.
minus-squarephotonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoCan you disprove the existence of God? That’s the same argument.
minus-squareDerpgon@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI mean, you can try to kill yourself, and if you survive each attempt then you are quantum immortal. But, this is my universe, so you probably won’t survive in mine. But in yours, you’ll be immortal!
minus-squareoatscoop@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago“Quantum immortality” is magical thinking for people that aren’t comfortable with their own mortality. It’s functionally no different than belief in an afterlife.
It’s not.
Really? Do something to prove it.
Can you disprove the existence of God? That’s the same argument.
I mean, you can try to kill yourself, and if you survive each attempt then you are quantum immortal.
But, this is my universe, so you probably won’t survive in mine. But in yours, you’ll be immortal!
“Quantum immortality” is magical thinking for people that aren’t comfortable with their own mortality. It’s functionally no different than belief in an afterlife.