On 6/21/2019 9:27 AM, Eva wrote:
Given that time is irreversible, and global entropy always increase: 1. In principle, sooner or later, every living system such as human being, or humanity will be annihilated? 2. In principle, if system is annihilated then it is irreversible - a system with the same internal structure may be created, but it will not be the very same system, it may be (at most) perfectly isomorphic, but it will not share the same identity?
Atoms of the same kind are identical. So if, for example, your body was recreated, atom for atom, it would as identical as you are identical to the Eva of a few minutes ago.
So, for example, if I die, and hypothetically, in the distant future, an exact copy of my body will be made than it will be an exact copy of my body and consciousness, but not my current identity, so my consciousness will not reappear after my death like from deep sleep.
It would have your current identity, because it would have your current memories. However these would be inconsistent with it's existence in the far future...so it would be mismatched to reality.
I would like to ask you - in your opinion, my two above conclusions are correct? I'm sorry for bothering you with this question, I have encountered statements that every situation, and every particular life, return endlessly because the time is infinite, but the number of possibile configurations of atoms is finite. This idea is terrible. I don't want repeat my life forever :(
Nietzsche's eternal return contemplated everything, not just you, repeating. But in that case how could it be known to be a repetition. It would the same the unique "return" by the identity of indiscernibles. Anyway, Nietzsche just meant it as thought experiment to test your evaluation of your life.
Brent
Some people also talk about "eternal return" in the context of 4D block universe theory where every situation is timless. P.S. I've previously made a similar topic in context of Peter Rowlands "Zero-totality" works but it did not appeared after sending :(
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