Obviously a hypothetical scenario. There is no way to pass on the knowledge to anyone else. Time freezes for you only, and once you have your answer you are out of this world.
The question can allow you to see into the past, present and future and gain comprehension of any topic/issue. But it’s only one question.
What would you want to know? Personally I’d want to see a timelapse or milestone glimpses of humanity’s future until the end of Earth’s existence (if we survive that long)
“Can I see the moments when I made other people feel good/better?” or to know what people i helped and how
Leaving on a positive note, I like that
Is the Standard Model correct or is there a single fundamental particle/string/anything that we haven’t discovered yet?
Starting right now, how can I preserve my personal conscious existence until I’m ready to no longer exist?
If you’re not mentally ready to go this is hands down the best question
“You can’t. You had literally all of eternity to ask your final question, you could’ve used some of that time to come to terms with your death, but instead you immediately used up your question(and your remaining time) trying to cheat death. Goodbye”
You cannot.
[fade to black]
Will revolution and communism win or will humanity hit the wall with the great filter and wipe ourselves out?
What happened to the other species of humans? Would they like metal? The first question can be ignored if both are not allowed
You could ask to see and know everything that happened to the other species of humans in a parallel universe identical to this only with birds that sing metal ( if that’s the metal you talk about)
You might be onto something
“How, subsequent to receiving this answer, can I subvert my death or cause this font of knowledge to actually be useful?”
Answer: “you can’t.” And you just wasted your question!
Well if that’s the real answer, then any question at all would be a waste.
That’s not true! Getting an answer to something doesn’t necessarily mean the thing you’re asking about is possible. You could ask me how to split myself in half and become two people, and I’d say (within my knowledge) it’s impossible. But if you ask me how computers can show a pixel on the screen, I can give you a detailed answer. Either way, I’m answering your question, just perhaps not satisfyingly.
What’s the total weight in poop I produced over the course of my life.
Seems like 11 tons according to this
Nah, I’m good
After I’m gone, how would everyone I’ve loved remember me?
I would want to know if I could have accomplished anything different that I did. Could I have been a super successful NFL quarterback? Could I have been a lawyer? Could I have been president of the United States? Could I have been a rockstar or a movie star? Could I have been a bodybuilder? Could I have been a New York times best-selling novelist? I would like to know all the possibilities of what I might have been. I would like to see them lived out, what it looked like, what steps were taken, what decisions were made. Given the limited raw intelligence I had, the genetic potential of my physical body, what was the most I could have done with it?
Wouldn’t that be awful? Just sitting back and watching all your wasted potential when you’re in a position to do nothing about it?
I don’t feel that, I lived the life I had, it would be like a very long movie starring me doing cool stuff.
You want to see your personal Everything Everywhere All at Once map! Love this
Over or under?
The meaningful questions…
And over is the correct answer, of course.
Why do hotdogs come in packs of ten while hotdog buns come in packs of six?
Do it squirt?
How does priority work in MtG?
In actuality though I’d probably kick up a reincarnation loop by asking for the full experience of every living and inanimate thing the universe has to hold, starting with everyone/everything I ever interacted with and branching exponentially from there.
In actuality though I’d probably kick up a reincarnation loop by asking for the full experience of every living and inanimate thing the universe has to hold, starting with everyone/everything I ever interacted with and branching exponentially from there.
Congratulations, every worst experience and death you ever read about? Now you’re getting hands on experience of it!
The ask is so I can feel a connectedness to and understanding of reality; if I just ask for the good stuff I’m lying to myself. So yes all of the worst things but that’s a pessimistic view on it because there is a lot of joy and life out there too. And in actuality the huge bulk of what I experience would just be stars roaming around anyway
Nice
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
