Where do we go after death

There are only two things in life that are guaranteed: death and taxes. While some tech billionaires may argue against the latter, there is no amount of offshore bank accounts that can shield you from your own mortality.

Humanity has always had trouble understanding this idea; instead, we frequently fall back on the idea that there is some sort of immortal realm where you can live forever, or at least be free from the limitations of your mortal body. So why does dying naturally feel so strange? Can Greg be kept alive indefinitely using modern technologies? What is the science behind aging?

Learn how humanity's fascination with the afterlife has manifested itself historically in a variety of ways, from the underworld of ancient Egypt to the Doomsday paintings of medieval Christianity to eerie Victorian seances.

In spite of the rise and fall of various cosmologies, a recent study found that about one-third of atheists still believe in the continuation of consciousness after death. As with all human phenomena, our evolutionary history is always a good place to start, and there are a number of hypotheses that contend the belief in the afterlife is a result of the evolution of consciousness.

Humans, like most animals, are hardwired to really, really not want to die, but at some point in our ancestry, our brains grew rapidly in size and complexity and as a result, we also developed self-awareness. This had the unintended consequence of drawing attention to our own mortality, which resulted in what may have been the first existential crisis ever on the one hand, we were frantically trying to avoid dying on the other even though Tick Tock influencers may be doing a good job of pounding self-awareness into submission, we've never really gotten over this problem so we just carry on believing you get it yeah any good no no it's not very good. our ancestors created the afterlife as a means of soothing their anxious overdeveloped Minds.

It's not that great.

Another explanation can be found in Professor Jesse Bearing's research, which contends that innate dualism is the cause of our propensity to believe in the hereafter.

In 2005, Burring's team had a group of kids watch a puppet show in which an alligator ate a mouse. When the kids were asked what they thought had happened, Burring found that they were likely to say that even though the mouse was dead, it still had mental and emotional states but not physical ones like hunger and pain. It's interesting to note that the youngest kids in the group were the ones who were most likely to say this. The appendix or James Corden, it seems that belief in the afterlife may just be a needless appendage of evolution. But if you're a narcissist with your own BBC miniseries like me, you might find the idea of eternal non-existence a little unsatisfying. So what should I do? Luckily for me, recent developments in AI have led many scientists to believe that there is no such thing as an afterlife. By losing your organic stuff, a technology called mind uploading would theoretically enable you to successfully map, render, and upload the structures of your brain onto a digital cloud.

The notion is that there is an u that exists in some pattern of information like the equivalent of your DNA for your thoughts and memories, thus that would be what is called your link dome, allowing you to live forever exploring the infinite experiences and realities of your gorgeous new virtual world.. Thus, the theory holds that you could simply scan your brain with a high-tech scanner, upload the resulting file to the cloud, and then use it. This theory is somewhat dualistic in that it assumes that there is more to you than just your physical body, such as information, memories, or other things, but it is nonetheless that idea. You get to live forever! It should be noted that at the time, this technology is nothing more than a fantasy, but for the purposes of this episode, let's assume that one day, we will be able to precisely scan and just described the memory cell for memsouth, but there's also the point of view self, the POV self, the me sitting there, which is how you define who you are what are you who is yourself you know so that's what I just described. upload the human mind with this then finally give US the afterlife that we so desperately desire. You can't reproduce what we're doing here because the moment you copy it, you've stopped the clock, so I'm here looking at you through my eyes and feeling it moment to moment to moment to moment. Yes, because if we did it right away, let's say that we copied your connect Dome and uploaded it to the cloud, and then we turned it on to this tiny computer and looked at it, we wouldn't say, "Oh, there I am, hey no, I'm here that's just a copy of me, and the moment the split is made now you and the copy are starting to live different lives and you know he'll he'll turn left he'll turn right.

Whatever it is that occurs on a daily basis, so if I die, I die in the copy of me that continues, but since I'm not there, that different person is deaf and there must be a permanent break in continuity, then perhaps add thoughts. Sorry it's a tricky business being human you're born spend your whole life fearing death and then wouldn't you know it go and die anyway but if we take a step back it becomes clear we're forgetting to ask a fundamental question would eternal life actually be a good thing? Feelings and perspectives that coalesce in the ineffable formation of your being simply cannot at a fundamental level be transposed onto another medium.

According to Professor Leon Cass, being aware of and accepting our mortality has hidden advantages. Being aware that our time on earth is finite makes us more likely to value our experiences and more motivated to try to make them better. According to theologian Stanley Hawas, love only becomes meaningful through death because it fosters a finite social economy that motivates us to commit to one another more fully. Additionally, death itself may be the only way to truly enjoy the genuine beauty of life. The trip itself may become more significant because there is an end to it, which brings us to the question of what the point of life is. The answer is that the only purpose of life is to simply live each day. Make It Count, just fight entropy, you know. The first law of life, which is the second law of thermodynamics, is to create a small area of order in the chaos of the universe. Having a purpose, having friends, having a social circle, having a family, and having a loving relationship of any kind all make a huge difference. Why do you need more? Why does this have to happen? I write in the book. look I'm not saying the thought of dying for all time isn't a little unsettling it certainly freaks me out but if it's a choice between that and becoming some soulless digital doppelganger I think I'm happy as I am because who'd want to live their life in a simulation foreign to themselves.