People often assume the afterlife is a specific place, like Heaven for good people or Hell for bad people, and all kinds of variants between the two. However, there are two theories I've been thinking about a lot lately that could have some merit.
The first is that we don't die- at least, not us specifically. Our minds live after our bodies die, but rather than sticking in one place, it shifts to the timeline (universe, dimension, whatever you want to call it, however I'll stick with timeline to keep things simple) where we didn't die. In the split second our life was to end or was to lead up to a point where our bodies could not continue and expire, our minds shift to a timeline where we didn't make that mistake, or were lucky enough to recover before we had an unfortunate fall. In theory, this would make us believe we survived to old age, 100 and beyond, through sheer skill or luck, but really it was the universe keeping us alive. Why and for how long are the tricky parts. It could be the universe is sentient, which would give way to connecting this to the Great Filter theory (if you're unaware, the Great Filter theory describes a universe where all planets die off once their inhabitants reach the ability to meet other lifeforms in the universe.) In this scenario, our minds shifting to another timeline would be working against the Great Filter, or perhaps both are working towards the betterment of the universe. Perhaps the universe uses ths filter to wipe out races that would become warmongerers and enslave the rest of the world? Erase them in one timeline and have them do something different in another until a timeline is formed where humanity and alien lifeforms can make contact, then shift more timelines until everything works out? Why would the universe do this? Well, entropy. In this case, the question "for how long?" can be answered. Should the universe be working to produce societies that are capable of reversing the death of a star, it will shift our minds to other timelines forever, though shifts might stop being as common once humanity develops immortality and, thus, experience a road-block as more people are making mistakes. In this case, the Great Filter would start mass-shifting us until we can progress further. But what if it isn't a shift of consciousness, but instead a shift of focus? Instead of just shifting people's minds to another timeline, the universe gives up on one, and goes straight to focusing on another. In this case, what happens to the you in THIS universe after a shift in focus?
Theory number 2 answers this question: We do die...but afterwards we start the cycle over again. Reborn, experiencing life as a small, weak baby. We might have our memories, we might not. In the event we do have our memories, the cycle repeats until everything goes perfectly. In this case, the Great Filter might not work for the sake of the universe, but rather to hault progress- the universe wants to die eventually in this theory. So, the goal here would not be to reverse entropy, but rather to stop the Great Filter from wiping out humanity.
Now, realistically, we're all dead and Spam is Hell, Mahz having trapped us here for ethe immortal sin of shitposting too damn much.
The first is that we don't die- at least, not us specifically. Our minds live after our bodies die, but rather than sticking in one place, it shifts to the timeline (universe, dimension, whatever you want to call it, however I'll stick with timeline to keep things simple) where we didn't die. In the split second our life was to end or was to lead up to a point where our bodies could not continue and expire, our minds shift to a timeline where we didn't make that mistake, or were lucky enough to recover before we had an unfortunate fall. In theory, this would make us believe we survived to old age, 100 and beyond, through sheer skill or luck, but really it was the universe keeping us alive. Why and for how long are the tricky parts. It could be the universe is sentient, which would give way to connecting this to the Great Filter theory (if you're unaware, the Great Filter theory describes a universe where all planets die off once their inhabitants reach the ability to meet other lifeforms in the universe.) In this scenario, our minds shifting to another timeline would be working against the Great Filter, or perhaps both are working towards the betterment of the universe. Perhaps the universe uses ths filter to wipe out races that would become warmongerers and enslave the rest of the world? Erase them in one timeline and have them do something different in another until a timeline is formed where humanity and alien lifeforms can make contact, then shift more timelines until everything works out? Why would the universe do this? Well, entropy. In this case, the question "for how long?" can be answered. Should the universe be working to produce societies that are capable of reversing the death of a star, it will shift our minds to other timelines forever, though shifts might stop being as common once humanity develops immortality and, thus, experience a road-block as more people are making mistakes. In this case, the Great Filter would start mass-shifting us until we can progress further. But what if it isn't a shift of consciousness, but instead a shift of focus? Instead of just shifting people's minds to another timeline, the universe gives up on one, and goes straight to focusing on another. In this case, what happens to the you in THIS universe after a shift in focus?
Theory number 2 answers this question: We do die...but afterwards we start the cycle over again. Reborn, experiencing life as a small, weak baby. We might have our memories, we might not. In the event we do have our memories, the cycle repeats until everything goes perfectly. In this case, the Great Filter might not work for the sake of the universe, but rather to hault progress- the universe wants to die eventually in this theory. So, the goal here would not be to reverse entropy, but rather to stop the Great Filter from wiping out humanity.
Now, realistically, we're all dead and Spam is Hell, Mahz having trapped us here for ethe immortal sin of shitposting too damn much.
