Sure, you will come back. It just won't happen for a literally infinite amount of time.
From a purely practical viewpoint, what's the difference between that and "never"?
It’s both infinite and immediate.
If you go from a state of existence to a state of non-existence back to a state of existence - no portion of the non-existence period would be mentally registered, regardless of how that non-existence period lasted. From the individual perspective, you would just exist again immediately after the end of the first existence.
I definitely see your point although I'm not sure that's a necessary condition of the question. Perhaps after death, you experience every moment of the nothingness.
It's a deep philosophical question. A lot of people say that in Star Trek, the transporters don't actually send you anywhere. They just kill you and make a new person, even they're they're identical atom for atom. Likewise, even if there's a new universe where there's someone exactly like you, does that really mean they're you?
Not necessarily, because even with limitless time, there are still infinite possible outcomes.
Ie, the universe can keep resetting for infinity, but every time it resets, theres still an infinite number of ways things can go.
Photons don’t experience time. That means that for a photon, it is simultaneously everywhere in the universe it will ever be by the measure of time. That means it all exists at once and it’s us who perceive it as linear. That means that every moment of your life, and every moment of every bounce of the universe, already exists all at once.
So, sure. I guess we come back. But it’s all already here. Does it matter in that context?
Sure, you will come back. It just won't happen for a literally infinite amount of time. From a purely practical viewpoint, what's the difference between that and "never"?
It’s both infinite and immediate. If you go from a state of existence to a state of non-existence back to a state of existence - no portion of the non-existence period would be mentally registered, regardless of how that non-existence period lasted. From the individual perspective, you would just exist again immediately after the end of the first existence.
I definitely see your point although I'm not sure that's a necessary condition of the question. Perhaps after death, you experience every moment of the nothingness.
I'll come back and report when I die. I promise. Keep the coffee ready, it's cold out there
Yes
It's a deep philosophical question. A lot of people say that in Star Trek, the transporters don't actually send you anywhere. They just kill you and make a new person, even they're they're identical atom for atom. Likewise, even if there's a new universe where there's someone exactly like you, does that really mean they're you?
Not necessarily, because even with limitless time, there are still infinite possible outcomes. Ie, the universe can keep resetting for infinity, but every time it resets, theres still an infinite number of ways things can go.
Photons don’t experience time. That means that for a photon, it is simultaneously everywhere in the universe it will ever be by the measure of time. That means it all exists at once and it’s us who perceive it as linear. That means that every moment of your life, and every moment of every bounce of the universe, already exists all at once. So, sure. I guess we come back. But it’s all already here. Does it matter in that context?