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What if.. after a few million years given humans still survive, they have the tech to bring back all the consciousness that ever existed in some form. All your memories thoughts intact?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Fyodorovich_Fyodorov

I'll tell you some thinkers already thought of that ;) (also this was a theme in Dukaj books, if someone read them - I really recommend if it's translated to your language)

Awesome! Surprised someone that far back has thought of it, but not surprised someone had a similar thought.

Have you read the Riverworld series? That's basically the plot.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverworld

What if, that's already happened and what you're experiencing is the playback

Then at some point in the future I must’ve made a lot of money to be able to afford whatever tech enabled that. Or, it’s cheap and affordable because of a future capitalist economy with large companies competing, driving prices down. In this future, do we do it for enjoyment or is it to escape the predicted unpleasant times ahead?

That wouldn’t matter because it would always feel like the first time and no way to prove otherwise

A difference that makes no difference is no different

How? Isn't decomposition a non-invertible function? Many different brains on a cremation table can lead to identical piles of ashes.

I mean if they solve entropy and consciousness, they can calculate backwards and if it’s software, it’s a matter of scaling to trillions of people.

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