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Just before death you are granted one truthful, understandable answer to one question. What would you want to know? (mander.xyz)

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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.

Edit: the point isn't "how to cheat death". You can't. Your body is frozen and there is nothing you can do with this knowledge other than knowing it, and die. So if you would rather be frozen in a limbo just thinking of numbers for eternity, be my guest.

Such a variety of replies, it's been really interesting to read them!

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)

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[-] Mango@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

What is the mechanism for qualia?

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[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I want to know what the best version of myself would have been like. What did I miss out on.

[-] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

After I'm gone, how would everyone I've loved remember me?

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

When I die my first question to the Devil will be: What is the meaning of the fine structure constant?

— Wolfgang Pauli

[-] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Can I bum a cig?

[-] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 3 points 1 year ago

I feel like it would probably be something about Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem. That thing is really annoying.

Although I feel I might get stuck in a recursive answer if I ask the wrong thing. So maybe I would ask something about a loved one, that I already know the answer to.

[-] equinox@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

"What is every number each under 1 sextillion?" bouta buy me a little time

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[-] wabafee@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I would probably ask the question to whoever give this option to me. Probably something like "Tell me about yourself in the most detailed way".

[-] Skanky@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Probably go something like this:

https://youtu.be/CJ53kstD-14?si=s9XHLiiwRcBWJgUN

[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Does everything in this world have an answer?

[-] Lolman228@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Do it squirt?

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[-] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

How might entropy be meaningfully reversed?

[-] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What is the fastest most efficient way to populate other planets in the universe, and ensure that we can communicate and visit each other?

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