Let’s say if we were to meat someone from a different universe where things never die, how would you explain death to them?
The entity you knew as yaddayadda is gone and the only thing left behind is an empty, decaying shell and the memories we have of them in our minds.
Ceasing of all functions
We can’t even explain death to ourselves.
We can. We just don’t want to believe there is an end.
Where NOTHING dies? That’s going to make meal prep super awkward.
Maybe they wouldn’t need to eat
They rawdog energy from their star
I love this description of photosynthesis.
Feel free to steal it
Their star would eventually die. Flames would die, objects break, it’s not a far fetched thing to think that similar stuff can happen to living beings.
Maybe in that universe, stars don’t die either. Everything is everlasting. There probably wouldn’t be reproduction because there’d be no need
I think number 2 the next day would be a more harrowing experience.
Maybe it’s a fun 8 hour rollercoaster ride?
Just slice off a chunk of ol’ Bessie each day, and you’ll eat steak for the rest of your life!
All biological functions of an organism stops.
Now what happens to the mental and cognitive functions is unknown.
Human mind is also a biological function so it’s pretty straightforward.
Thinking is function of the brain. The immortal soul is not a function of a body part.
It’s pretty well known that they stop too.
It’s something bad. Just like being born, death happens without your consent. Forces you to stop existing.
It’s like the universe raping you and there’s nothing you can do.
It’s like the universe raping you and there’s nothing you can do.
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You describe birth, youth, parental love, new beginnings, etc. first, because those things could not exist without death.
The same way you do to a child. They go away and can never come back
“Like a leaf caught aflame, it’s matter converted to heat and the bonds broken down to ash. It’s not gone, it’s structure has changed to the point of no longer being ‘a leaf’, and what we see before us when looking at someone/something who has passed on is the same as ashes in the fire. Changed, but jot truly gone”
Kill something Infront of them
You know how right now, things are happening in other places that you’ll never be a part of or know about, because you can only be in one? It’s like that but with times.
It gets across the concept of nonexistence, although that might leave confusion about if you live only once or multiple times. If they’re still born at some point, I could say it’s like that but the opposite.
You reading Project Hail Mary? And Ryland is talking to the Eridians?
Been a long time since I read it. Eridians are immortal ?!?!
Idk yet! I’m still reading it lol. I just got to the part where he ponders explaining sleep to Rocky, and it reminded me of that. Then I saw your comment talking about getting energy directly from sunlight and I was like “this dude must be reading it too” lol
Blinding reading tbe blind in here.
It’s definitely one of my favorite books xD, idgaf what some people say
It’s been enjoyable so far! Nice change of pace from what I’ve been reading. I just want Ryland to curse one time. He’s too wholesome.
I’m having trouble imagining a real universe “where nothing ever dies”. What counts as a thing? What counts as dying? If nothing ever changes then nothing dies, but if nothing changes then I can’t explain anything at all to this person.
Alternately, they’re from a toy universe, like a game with no death condition, but even those depend on outside things to continue existing. Eventually the game stops and everything in the universe “dies”, but otherwise there’s nothing in their world that ever dies. Maybe that’s close enough.
Anyway:
“You know how right now I’m talking, but eventually I’m going to stop? Imagine being like that.”
Death was neccessary for evolution, so, unlikely.
It’s an hypothetical scenario, genius
