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Originally Posted by ShiningLight  What do you mean? The end of the physical universe - or the end of "existence" itself? The way I see it, when the physical universe ends, it just begins right back up. Existence, will always be, not bound or restricted to the physical universe. |
Well, "end of existence" is a bad way to put it. More clearly, it's a threshold of knowledge beyond which things become unimaginable. At a certain point, sentient beings will know so much that those who came before will regard them as gods. This is something that's true of us: if an ancient Egyptian came to 21st century America, we would be as like gods. That's a threshold of unimaginability, because you're simply not equipped to think past that.
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Originally Posted by ShiningLight I'm interesting in learning more about your "model." Can you share links to any relevant posts? Thanks. *edit* silly me should of saw the links on your sig. |
Heh. I haven't worked on a larger essay on the entire model itself, unfortunately. However, some stuff that's not linked in my sig is here:
raccaldin36: The Power of Language - SWH revisited, and a Matrix Arises raccaldin36: Relationships, Draft 2 Quote:
Originally Posted by ShiningLight Now for the hard part.  Lets see. Sometimes thinking about these things in such a "grand scale" can be extremely imposing. Why NOT think about this on a smaller scale, with something we're more familiar with - our own body? Ok, now imagine for a second the human body, or what I prefer - the female body.  Think about every cell in that body as an individual. Imagine if the cells could talk (btw, cells can communicate with one another) and one cell, a blood cell asked another cell, a liver cell if they were different or if they were the same. How would you think their conversation would go........? ( I don't want to spoil the fun of thinking for yourself)  |
I'd expect the usual mundane stuff. A minor economy of proteins and substances; just a society made purely of workers, if somewhat held in thrall and tyranny by the brain.
I don't quite see the usefulness in the difference of scale. For instance, if you power-of-ten zoomed out, you imagine planets as individuals and they'd chat with each other across the far reaches of space, but that doesn't change the question at all.
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Originally Posted by ShiningLight Here's a couple more questions for you to ponder. How can you relate disease in the body to "disease" in the "world?" How are the cells the same and how are they different? What is the purpose of the cell? What is the importance for cells to "work" together in order to become tissues, organs, systems? From the cells' perspective who is in actual control? Would the brain think it is in control? What would the cells think, or how would they feel about "consciousness?"
Have fun. And yes, I do come from a health background. Poor me. |
I saw this the other day:
Amazon.com: Riddled with Life: Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex, and the Parasites That Make Us Who We Are: Books: Marlene Zuk