Okay a few ground rules for this thread. No posting stuff like "We die" No troll posts, I want a serious discussion about this. Religious responses are welcomed, although I would LIKE to keep in scientific if possible, but you can still post religious views. Don't trashtalk people, debates are welcomed though. My views is that it's just the same as before we were born. When I sleep, I usually don't see me dreams, or I might not dream at all. All I know, when I wake up and when I'm half asleep, is darkness. And I think that's the same as what's going to happen as to when we die. I was thinking a few days ago that maybe our organs actually work longer than scientists believe. I think we might 'sleep' for a while, but after that, we go into a coma-like state, and disappear.Â Your views?

Deleted my post by accident because dumb mouse, so let's try this again. We die. That's it. It's like unconsciousness but to a permanent state. No input or output, you're just gone. Your brain is rotting, so no memories or any of the like to accompany you anywhere if you choose to interpret it as going somewhere. Our sentience isn't equipped to understand that kind of level of the void, even I can't explain or comprehend it properly, but that's basically it. You know how it was like when before you were born? No? Yeah, like that.

Waifu wrote: Deleted my post by accident because dumb mouse, so let's try this again. We die. That's it. It's like unconsciousness but to a permanent state. No input or output, you're just gone. Your brain is rotting, so no memories or any of the like to accompany you anywhere if you choose to interpret it as going somewhere. You know how it was like when before you were born? No? Yeah, like that. "No posts like "we die". Anyways, that was exactly my point. We just stop existing, close to reverting time basically, but not really. xD

Kaneki wrote: Waifu wrote: Deleted my post by accident because dumb mouse, so let's try this again. We die. That's it. It's like unconsciousness but to a permanent state. No input or output, you're just gone. Your brain is rotting, so no memories or any of the like to accompany you anywhere if you choose to interpret it as going somewhere. You know how it was like when before you were born? No? Yeah, like that. "No posts like "we die". Anyways, that was exactly my point. We just stop existing, close to reverting time basically, but not really. xD I know you said that, but it's like telling me to tell you what chocolate tastes like but not to say 'chocolate'. It's a base fucking taste, it's chocolate.

Waifu wrote: Kaneki wrote: Waifu wrote: Deleted my post by accident because dumb mouse, so let's try this again. We die. That's it. It's like unconsciousness but to a permanent state. No input or output, you're just gone. Your brain is rotting, so no memories or any of the like to accompany you anywhere if you choose to interpret it as going somewhere. You know how it was like when before you were born? No? Yeah, like that. "No posts like "we die". Anyways, that was exactly my point. We just stop existing, close to reverting time basically, but not really. xD I know you said that, but it's like telling me to tell you what chocolate tastes like but not to say 'chocolate'. It's a base fucking taste, it's chocolate. You have a valid point there. Not gonna lie.

Lokorfi wrote: Honestly, just thinking of what death would feel like is already overwhelming and I immediately begin to feel depressed. While I'd like to say that there's an afterlife out there, the chances are it's probably just going to be a deep void yes. But in addition to that dark emptiness, I'd feel a crushing sensation, like I'm a small, tiny clover of existence, before poof. Gone. All of me. Honestly, death is something most don't deserve to experience, at least at an early age. It's when we've experienced everything worthwhile in our life that we should close our eyes and disappear. But yeah, that's just my dirty, shitty two cents. Awh. Don't feel depressed. I actually feel that way a lot too. Death is overwhelming, and I get anxious just thinking about it. The reason I brought this topic up was because a friend of our family who was almost like a grandpa I never had died not too long ago.

I have honestly no idea what will happen when we die. I like to think optimistically and imagine there's something of an afterlife or reincarnation, but we just don't know. What really, really scares me is whether we, as living beings, will ever discover what'll happen after death; if we do discover there is/isn't anything after life, I have a feeling we'd undergo a massive change towards our existentialism and goals as a human race in knowing the meaning of life - right now, all we want to do is expand and survive into the universe and beyond (again, optimistic), but what if it's something so horrible or depressing (or exciting and breathtaking) that we just decide to give up in that pursuit of survival; basically giving up on life? Of course, it's equally scary to assume that we'll never know, as living beings, what might happen after death.

mis wrote: I have honestly no idea what will happen when we die. I like to think optimistically and imagine there's something of an afterlife or reincarnation, but we just don't know. What really, really scares me is whether we, as living beings, will ever discover what'll happen after death; if we do discover there is/isn't anything after life, I have a feeling we'd undergo a massive change towards our existentialism and goals as a human race in knowing the meaning of life - right now, all we want to do is expand and survive into the universe and beyond (again, optimistic), but what if it's something so horrible or depressing (or exciting and breathtaking) that we just decide to give up in that pursuit of survival; basically giving up on life? Of course, it's equally scary to assume that we'll never know, as living beings, what might happen after death. I see where you're coming from. If humans knew what lay beyond life, and if it was something good, people might just start committing suicide, homicide, etc. Just to get to that afterlife that's so great. And if we start searching the universe and find a better planet that has all of our needs but better, we're all going to go there, give up, start reproducing so much that we all just overcrowd that one. It's pretty stupid to be honest.

Lokorfi wrote: mis wrote: I have honestly no idea what will happen when we die. I like to think optimistically and imagine there's something of an afterlife or reincarnation, but we just don't know. What really, really scares me is whether we, as living beings, will ever discover what'll happen after death; if we do discover there is/isn't anything after life, I have a feeling we'd undergo a massive change towards our existentialism and goals as a human race in knowing the meaning of life - right now, all we want to do is expand and survive into the universe and beyond (again, optimistic), but what if it's something so horrible or depressing (or exciting and breathtaking) that we just decide to give up in that pursuit of survival; basically giving up on life? Of course, it's equally scary to assume that we'll never know, as living beings, what might happen after death. The best choice for humankind is to never discover life after death. Many of us have settled comfortably into our own shell of ignorance. What knowledge that could possibly be unearthed from the minds of the dead could potentially create a disaster the likes of which history will never be able to compare. I think. The same point as I made in my reply. xD The discovery of an afterlife will lead to catastrophe. We all know that.

I think not truly knowing what happens after death is what keeps a lot of people going.

Senpai wrote: I think not truly knowing what happens after death is what keeps a lot of people going. Maybe. Honestly not knowing what happens scares me, I like to fantasize about something great, but I doubt it's anything but that. Are our lives pointless in the end? We grow up just to disappear? Knowing that, I don't like it and it actually keeps me from living life like other people do. Without worrying what's going to happen the next day.

What do you think happens after we die?

garett

My views:

First, after I die I'll feel nothing. No pain, no crying, no depression, etc., not even hunger. It will be like a coma; I won't feel anything. Rotting and being nutrition for the earth. This goes the same to everyone else. Scientifically.

Second, I don't believe in reincarnation. I am thankful and grateful being what I am now. I have never complained about the nation where I was born, which race I am, and which gender I am. I believe that all humans are created with the same goal: {{ goal_goes_here }}.

Third, I believe in the existence of God; heaven and hell do exist. Physically, the body is dead, but the soul isn't. And the death itself is a progress to the next phases/realm/universe/kingdom/whatever. Heaven or hell - what will happen depends on the things that I do as I am living in this world; every action has a responsibility: all good behavior will be met with a reward, and all bad behavior will be met with punishment.

tl;dr I'm high.
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COUPLED

Well after death, you wouldn't know you're dead, since you wouldn't be able to comprehend anything. You wouldn't "feel" anything, and you wouldn't know you're in a "dark void"

I personally believe we can't comprehend what happens after we die

we wouldn't know

we wouldn't know we would't know

and i can't even imagine what that nothing is like. Because that nothing is exactly what we would be experiencing, but not experiencing.

i personally believe there is an afterlife, idrc what you think of that.

GloryBear

I think we just sort of end. Consciousness doesn't just go away, it ceases to exist, our brain and everything else just shuts down. It can be sad, but I can't see it happening any other way. I wish there was something afterwards, not a heaven or a hell, or even reincarnation, I just kind of wish consciousness stayed. But I don't think it's like that. The upside is, none of it really matters, so if you screw it all up, you won't be regretting it eternally. And if you did it perfectly, the people who screwed up don't have to listen to your reminiscing and bragging. The only way to really live on is in the memories of others, so if you want to live on, do something incredible.

TheBoneZone™

your skeleton escapes, and runs off in search of a new life

Utsutsu

Equinox wrote:
Typically when people talk about what happens after we die, it is bound together with the whole religious talk. If this was that, I would simply say "I don't care how the world was made, or what happens when we die." However, I will say this: If I remember correctly, Louis C.K once said a quote that is pretty much the same as how I feel. "Remember what it was like when you were being born? Yeah, that's sort of what it's like to die." His point was that you didn't know what it felt like when you were being born, and that's how you will go out. Now, it may vary depending on your death, one maybe more painful than another kind of death, but as for what happens after death, quite frankly, it's just blackness, or so I view it. You won't know you're dead, just like you would have never known you were being born. I don't personally believe in any sort of heaven or hell, but I don't like to say I'm atheist, since atheism is basically the absence of religion, or the opposite of theism (OH MAN HOW DID I FIGURE THAT OUT?!).

tl;dr nothing.

This is pretty much what I've thought the whole time.
You nicely put that together c:

Blood Lust

When death finally takes you all of your joys and memories will dissolve with your consciousness. It as if you never lived. A hopeless infinity that was briefly eclipsed by a few decades that you pointlessly attributed meaning to.

manko

I don't believe in god.

That being said I would like to believe we reincarnate in spirits after we die.

I really think we just die and that's it, though..

None_At_All

I've been thinking about this quite a bit lately, and I realized something.

You only exist in the present, right?

As in, you only exist right now. You can connect to your past through memories and to the future through predictive reasoning, but you only exist in the present moment.

If you suddenly ceased to exist and were replaced by an exact copy of yourself, 'you' would probably not notice anything.

This connects to death through the idea that your consciousness is only a product of the present moment of your brain's context. Every single one of your past selves died, and all your future selves are unborn. This has lead me to believe that when you die, it's the same as before being born, but it's also the same as whicheevr moment in your life you don't remember.

I really would like to be able to store all the data that makes me me (down to the fundamental particle level) so I can achieve immortality post-mortem. I know it's currently impossible, but I have faith in technology. If I get Alzheimer's before that technology exists and my memories are destroyed irreversibly, I will have failed at acquiring immortality from my perspective.

TL;DR: You only exist right now, your memories make you you, and you die because the 'hardware' storing your memories deteriorates. An exact copy of yourself is as close to the real you as you are.

Kuro

Well, we made of body, soul, and memories
When we die, our body will rot, memories will be forgotten and gone

Soul? Well some believe we will reach an empty space, where there isn't even a single thing except us. Some believe in heaven & hell, and some believe in reincarnation. I personally believe in heaven and hell.

I just think if reincarnation is real, why the world is getting more crowded day by day. Reincarnation theory is about "recycle" of the dead to live though. For this statement, I don't think I agree with reincarnation, but well its up to you

Senpie

We reincarnate into another human being.
We continue our lives in a parallel universe.
We just die, once it happens that is the end of the story and everything moves on as usual.

These are the top three things that I personally believe will happen after death.

Noriko

Hopefully nothing.

GlassMoon

Lucretius said that death means nothing to us because we won't have any mechanism to conceive of living, or conceive period. When we think "how sad that he won't be able to see his family again" about a dead man it's nothing but our own projection. I've always enjoyed that kind of thinking.

Buddhism is my area of study but I've still never been able to distinguish the Buddhist conception of nirvana from this kind of non-conscious non-existence that Lucretius and others like him believe in. There seems to have to be some kind of nuance there.

2AMPE

I think we will experience the same thing as before we were born, or conceived or whatever. What it is, I have no idea of course.

Bam

Most likely, nothing ?

seel

Hopefully nothing.

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