Azrael

It's cool because reincarnation turning out to be true would mean that humans are more than just bags of meat being controlled by electrical signals via the central nervous system. If you die and part of you reappears as another being, clearly something about a person can exist beyond the physical brain. That would be a HUGE paradigm shift.

Also a lot of people who believe in reincarnation believe that good karma vs bad karma affects what you come back as. That would give life meaning and give people an incentive to be good.

Interesting. I personally don't believe in reincarnation, but I really like the concept. It would be super cool if it was proven to be true.

But you won't be conscious to experience it. You won’t be aware of it when it happens, so why are you afraid?

I actually agree with this one and i'm saying that as someone who has a degree.

There are different kinds of intelligence and not all of them are necessarily going to get you a job. You could have multiple degrees and still be an idiot

"You do not experience a lack of signal"

Perhaps that's what was throwing me off

Absolutely not. Biologically, death is defined as the irreversible cessation of all vital functions that keep an organism alive. The brain permanently loses all activity.

Your brain literally sends electrical signals around your body via your central nervous system. That stops when you die.

May I ask, what exactly do you think death is? What you just described is not how death works at all.

Completely different situation. You'd still remember that ice cream existed and therefore miss it. When you die your ability to remember will be gone.

And do you think that you will somehow still be conscious after you die? Your ability to experience will not exist when you die either. I thought that was common sense, but apparently not.

That Reddit post is acting like OP just discovered this. Every major free centralized platform collects your data and uses it to generate customized ads and things like that. It's the cost of using the internet. Not saying it's a good thing, but that's what you're signing up for when you use the internet.

I still use Reddit because I get enough value in return for what i'm giving up. Lemmy is good for some things, but it still doesn't have the same reach that Reddit has.

And who gets to decide if they're wrong?

That's exactly what a bot would say!

Kidding. I know. You're right.