this post was submitted on 24 Dec 2023
227 points (96.0% liked)

Asklemmy

48072 readers
491 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy ๐Ÿ”

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

  1. Open-ended question
  2. Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
  3. Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
  4. Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
  5. An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
 

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)

(page 2) 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[โ€“] Chef_Boyargee@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How does one use the three shells?

load more comments (2 replies)
[โ€“] calypsopub@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Did my childhood dog really go live on a farm in the country?

[โ€“] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I was younger, we lived on a little farm outside town. Some people from town couldn't take care of their golden any longer, so the dog came to live with us.

About a year later, they asked if they could bring their kid by to visit, because he found out that "went to live on a farm" was usually a lie.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (3 replies)
[โ€“] WheelcharArtist@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[โ€“] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

"it was just a prank, bro"

load more comments (2 replies)
[โ€“] Poggervania@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Who is your daddy, and what does he do?

load more comments (6 replies)
[โ€“] needthosepylons@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)
load more comments (2 replies)
[โ€“] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 10 points 1 year ago

"What's next?"

[โ€“] boatswain@infosec.pub 9 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Starting right now, how can I preserve my personal conscious existence until I'm ready to no longer exist?

[โ€“] Mothra@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you're not mentally ready to go this is hands down the best question

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (6 replies)
[โ€“] Ironfist@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What do I need to do from now, until the day I die, to be the happiest possible?

load more comments (2 replies)
[โ€“] Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What's really the meaning of life - like are we really just a cosmic roll of the dice going through an at most ambivalent universe?

load more comments (3 replies)
[โ€“] Piers@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

This kinda just feels like "what single question would you ask ChatGPT if it was omniscient" so my mind is just getting lost in the arcane and complex structuring and restructuring of the question to get the answer you want rather than one that literally answers the exact question you asked.

Assuming though that you actually do just get the answer to the intent and spirit of your question the only rational one I can think of would have to be some variation of:

"What answer could you give me that would offer me the most peace, contentment and sense of resolution to my life?"

Otherwise I'd spend an eternity (or however long I'd have to consider my question) pondering how to ask that question without getting an accurate and correct response like:

"A really good one."

load more comments (2 replies)
[โ€“] rho50@lemmy.nz 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
load more comments (1 replies)
[โ€“] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If Miura didn't die, how would have Berserk ended?

Edit: NM, looks like I'll find out one day.

[โ€“] Resol@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Has Morocco rejoined the Eurovision Song Contest?

[โ€“] mp3@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

What is the formula of everything that perfectly fits the description of our universe or multiverse?

[โ€“] kowcop@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago

How much lost money have I walked past in my life and not noticed.. can also include gold.

[โ€“] Dumbkid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What are the 23 flavours in Dr. Pepper?

load more comments (3 replies)
[โ€“] paridoxical@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What is the fundamental nature and purpose of the universe?

[โ€“] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

This one's easy, it's a succession of random events without purpose and it's random luck that made it so we developed enough intelligence to be here to talk about it today.

Not all things need a nature or purpose.

[โ€“] MrBobDobalina@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The universe is, and we are.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (4 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)
[โ€“] Linnce@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Nah, I'm good

[โ€“] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

What caused the bronze age collapse and are we socially overdue for a similar one?

[โ€“] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[โ€“] StephniBefni@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Priority in MtG works based on who is able to find a Google result supporting their argument first.

load more comments (1 replies)
[โ€“] TheLobotomist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is the Standard Model correct or is there a single fundamental particle/string/anything that we haven't discovered yet?

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments
view more: โ€น prev next โ€บ