Dante

Correct. Death doesn’t exist. It is an illusion. It is not a real state. So then we agree.

@"Corvus" If we were to say that some experiential properties of the consciousness are the ability to; see, hear, taste, smell, touch and compile memo...

Feelings don’t hold any weight. If you feel that the state of death is unique and different for all life forms, I’d love to hear why this is so?

@"Corvus" Correct, we are not dealing with “something”, we are dealing with a lack thereof. Extract from another site: “ Assumption: An object has no ...

@"Corvus" This is a pointless discussion of semantics. In the case of something that cannot be sensed in any capacity then it has neither a primary or...

@"Corvus" It is also an adverb.

@"Corvus" Not really. If they share a lack of properties then that in itself can be the only “property” that they share.

The subjectivity of the experience?

@"Corvus" A non existent apple has the same properties of a non existent banana, which is none. Non existent things share the fact that they have no p...

I’m not sure that you have the same definition of non-existence as me. Non-existence is a not a state with different properties or characteristics, in...

That makes no sense. If the universe didn’t exist, then everything would be in an identical state. Matter would be no different to energy or space if ...

So you’re saying there is no mental activity in the womb? If consciousness began at the age of 2 or 3, the baby would fail to survive upon exiting the...

You cannot experience death. It is by definition a complete lack of experience and thus yes, I have already “experienced” it. It came before me and I ...

I watched two little brothers develop. Babies are conscious. They are not endowed with superior intelligence but they do in fact compile memories and ...

Something cannot be in non-existence. Non-existence is just a human construct to describe a lack of something. It doesn’t actually exist within realit...

What I have concluded based on my existence and the preceding absence is that life forms from conscious non-existence. And thus when I look to death, ...

I do not understand your question. I am saying that any absence is the same as any other absence. The absence preceding me is the same as the absence ...

It is perhaps important to note that I want nothing more than an enduring state of eternal conscious non-existence, but so long as life can emerge fro...

Life emerges from an absence and death forms this requirement. Life will march on and thrive regardless of death. It seems we are so eager to conclude...

That is very hopeful, but the consciousness is absent in both cases, marking them as essentially identical. The state proceeding death is still non-be...

If one absence is temporary why are we so desperate to conclude that the second absence is eternal? Death of the individual is and always will be perm...

I’m not implying that the dead return in any capacity, they are indeed removed irrevocably from reality. The departed consciousness will never return,...

My postulate is similar to reincarnation for sure because it posits a cyclical motion of absence then formation, but I do not go as far as a sense of ...

I fear that there will never be any empirical evidence other than the sound observation that the dead lack a consciousness. My question is whether dea...

I’m not overly concerned about the dead, my concern is with the emergence of life. But that made me laugh.

I would agree. Time may just be a human construct and perhaps holds no actual bearing over these motions through space. In all honesty it was three ye...

I expect death may answer that riddle for me.

I agree with this sentiment. I perceive time to be so much more than an additional dimension of space. Science encourages us to search for answers so ...

Because they will be the cynosure of their own existence, as I was. I feel that the line between self and all other is very blurred.

I understand this fact, certainly. But I live vicariously through those that will surface and that bothers me greatly, for surely there is much suffer...

No, of course not. I just think I’ll be replaced.

My thoughts on death in particular frustrate me to no end because I’d prefer non existence to be eternal and peaceful, but I can’t see this being the ...

I have a very clear worldview, I’ve recorded many of my postulations and theories as well as the initial foundations that enabled them. But my worldvi...

No worries, I didn’t infer that :)

The depression? Yeah, it’s pretty persistent. Only reading reduces its severity.

What alleviated the depression for you?

I would say that in essence it does smile. A smile is a curved line, can be expressed (not intentionally) by many things, including an emoticon or a w...

Without magic life becomes a lot harsher and less desirable I suppose. Believing in such things is great for the individual in healthy doses. Faith fo...

I worked it out! Thanks.

@"TheMadFool" It sounds like a very hopeful experiment, but I doubt it’ll succeed much more than that? Mind you I’ve never heard about such ventures. ...

It’s a nice sentiment, but every emotion is a physical process produced by physical processes, reducing us to a husk if you wish to go that far. I don...

@"Prishon" I subscribe to physicalism in that the consciousness is a coordinated result of a complex biological system working in order to preserve it...

@"TheMadFool" Such a probe would have to be masterfully crafted, concise and elaborate, and very telling. It would be the opposite of a legacy, given ...

@"theRiddler" Of course there permeates an eternal now but the human mind is divided into portions of time for the sake of its own sense of continuity...

@"Tom Storm" Your remarks are words I myself have uttered. Humans feign an ignorance to death but they are delusional. The time before us is indeed ak...

@"TheMadFool" Such a beautiful response and exactly the kind of contribution and feedback I am after! I often denote this sequence of non existence, l...

@"Bitter Crank" Of course once something is dead it stays dead, I do not contest this point. But life continues to emerge and replace what is lost to ...

@"Hermeticus" I suspect I can’t quote properly on my phone. Even though I desire an eternal and unchanging death, I just don’t see that to be likely. ...

@"Wayfarer" the essence, in the philosophical sense of the word.

Science commonly posits the inevitable end of the universe via an eternal and unchanging heat death. So I doubt the emergence of another Big Bang, aba...