Another Theory
The conclusion of my theory is: I'm dead.
First let me start with this. If I were to compose my own heaven, then I would make it so my memory only lasts 24 hours and when I woke up everything has reset itself back to how it was. That seems like one of the only situations in which I could live eternally without being bored. How can you really get bored if you live the same day over and over without even realizing it? Kind of like the movie Groundhog Day except without Bill Murray's character realizing that it's the same day over and over. That would be my ideal heaven, otherwise eternity would get boring.
Second of all, I can't be absolutely certain that you exist. I know for that I exist, and I'm conscious because I have first hand knowledge and experience; I don't have any such proof that you exist. Therefore, it's probably that you don't exist, and I am in fact the only being that does exist in this world.
I don't know for absolute certainty that when I wake up tomorrow it will be a new day. I assume it will be, but I can't take an assumption as a fact. It's possible that I'll wake up and just live this same day over again. Who am I to say that I haven't lived this day over and over already?
All your memories would still be in tact from before this day. And "yesterday" will still feel exactly like it just happened yesterday because those are your last memories that have stuck. There is no proof that yesterday actually happened 24 hours ago though, but that's how it would always feel.
Given all that, I could actually be in some sort of heaven right now. I'm generally happy right now, and usually in a happy mood. Perhaps I will always live this day over and over, and since I'm happy, what is there to complain about? Someone could say that there are people that aren't happy right now, so how this could be a version of heaven? That's why I threw in the fact that I don't know that anyone besides me exists. Sure some "people" may not be happy, but they don't exist anyways, so why do I care as long as I'm happy?
No that doesn't mean that I'm definitely dead. But what better reason do I have to say that I'm living and not dead? Someone may say that I'm living, because all living things can day. I don't know if I can die; I've never done it before. I do feel pain, but that just means I'm not invincible, I could still be immortal.
All in all, there's a chance I could be dead.
And btw, I was completely sober when I thought this up.
this has taken me a few hours to actually sit down and write it up because I've been watching tv and hanging out, so I'm sure I might have forgotten something that I've thought up before that might make things more clear if it's not.
First let me start with this. If I were to compose my own heaven, then I would make it so my memory only lasts 24 hours and when I woke up everything has reset itself back to how it was. That seems like one of the only situations in which I could live eternally without being bored. How can you really get bored if you live the same day over and over without even realizing it? Kind of like the movie Groundhog Day except without Bill Murray's character realizing that it's the same day over and over. That would be my ideal heaven, otherwise eternity would get boring.
Second of all, I can't be absolutely certain that you exist. I know for that I exist, and I'm conscious because I have first hand knowledge and experience; I don't have any such proof that you exist. Therefore, it's probably that you don't exist, and I am in fact the only being that does exist in this world.
I don't know for absolute certainty that when I wake up tomorrow it will be a new day. I assume it will be, but I can't take an assumption as a fact. It's possible that I'll wake up and just live this same day over again. Who am I to say that I haven't lived this day over and over already?
All your memories would still be in tact from before this day. And "yesterday" will still feel exactly like it just happened yesterday because those are your last memories that have stuck. There is no proof that yesterday actually happened 24 hours ago though, but that's how it would always feel.
Given all that, I could actually be in some sort of heaven right now. I'm generally happy right now, and usually in a happy mood. Perhaps I will always live this day over and over, and since I'm happy, what is there to complain about? Someone could say that there are people that aren't happy right now, so how this could be a version of heaven? That's why I threw in the fact that I don't know that anyone besides me exists. Sure some "people" may not be happy, but they don't exist anyways, so why do I care as long as I'm happy?
No that doesn't mean that I'm definitely dead. But what better reason do I have to say that I'm living and not dead? Someone may say that I'm living, because all living things can day. I don't know if I can die; I've never done it before. I do feel pain, but that just means I'm not invincible, I could still be immortal.
All in all, there's a chance I could be dead.
And btw, I was completely sober when I thought this up.
this has taken me a few hours to actually sit down and write it up because I've been watching tv and hanging out, so I'm sure I might have forgotten something that I've thought up before that might make things more clear if it's not.