How to deal with life after death if I'm not sure I want it?

Question

Ok, so about a month and half ago I began my existential crisis and I keep going through phases of thinking. At first I was scared of my consciousness being around for eternity, but I think I laid that one to rest. Than I was scared that there was no afterlife at all and found no point in being here, which terrified me because non-existance sucked. But I found a way to get over that and be cool with it. However, here is what I've been thinking, and trying to figure out. I have been given a loving family, friends, the ultimate gift here on earth. However, for all I know, the universe took about 15 billion years to make me. If you believe in evolution and a cycling universe, which is more what I've been looking into. So, if consciousness is quantifiable, then if my life ends now, if I will ever exist again anywhere else, an exact copy of my brain is made, I will instantly exist after death here, there. So, I die, over the next 15 or 30 or who knows how many billion years, the universe at some point by chance creates my consciousness(another brain in some form) again from raw materials and I awaken in some form. That gives me solace in once sense, because it means death isn't just the end, but I may never see loved ones again and who knows what the future may hold. Idk, I know it sounds dumb but at least it's scientifically grounded, what do you guys think?

Answer 1

It would never be your consciousness, because there is no interconnected link between you and the next gen. You could never awaken "again" because you'd have never known you were asleep/dead/in-stasis in the first place. You'd have no reason to post this question in the first place with this reasoning because your previous, dead conscious would have made you aware of your previous selfs' existence. Even if an exact copy of your brain framework were to be constructed, I'd doubt that the physical framework would yield a reasonable expectation of identical consciousness. The electro chemical process that is brain's transmission function would have to respond the same exact way from conception. For example, if your mother ate a cheeseburger instead of a chicken sandwich whilst while in the womb giving you an extra dose of bovine steroids could change the chemical composition of your developing cortex, thus altering your personality/conscious experience once born.



I think you'd need an exact copy of this universe and it's happenings to truly yield another "you"



If I were you, I'd go a level deeper and think about the 15 billion years to make me bit. Time is anything but a constant, look at quantum probability. Perhaps delve into quantum mechanics, wave theory, interference. You'll find Schroedinger's Cat paradigm quite interesting; perhaps it will give you a bit of solace in death.

Answer 2

What is "Scientifically Grounded in your question/statement?







The Afterlife Experiments:

Breakthrough Scientific Evidence of Life After Death



by Ph.D. Gary E. Schwartz Ph.D. (Author), Deepak Chopra M.D.

Answer 3

Who cares? I know this is a big deal to most, but the fact is philosophically and scientifically speaking you can't prove what consciousness is. The only thing you can do is focus on what you leave behind as a legacy and not worry about what the future holds in store in life or death. If there is life after death on a different plain of existence, bully for it, it doesn't affect me one iota at this time, if there isn't or we come back to this plain of existence, then everything is pointless because in time everything will end up being snuffed out anyway. It is best to just not dwell on the subject.

Answer 4

Since life after death is impossible to prove (except for talented charlatans) I find it a waste of my time to worry about it or consider it.

Answer 5

Scientifically is theoretically.



You and I and everyone else has no idea what will happen when you die

Answer 6

Just enjoy the present. That's all we know.

Answer 7

Worry about what happens when you are dead, when you are dead! Live while you are alive, hopefully your final moments aren't full of trauma, pain, and regret. What did you feel before you were born?