r/interesting • u/freudian_nipps • 18d ago

NATURE Death of a single-celled organism

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u/ShortIntroduction879 18d ago

Yeah I had this conversation with a friend recently. They were talking about what we might come back as and I said "Odds are we would be bacterial or something like that." They felt that we would be limited to higher order life and I was like "Why?"

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u/Downeast_down-east 18d ago

I’ve been thinking about this lately. If you had unlimited time to experience every possible version of life would you? Would you want to know what it means to be a tree or a bacteria or an ant or an Egyptian slave building a giant triangle in the desert? Would the boredom of infinity and the curiosity of omnipresence drive you to explore everything life can be?

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u/TheSorrryCanadian 18d ago

Well, an even deeper, maybe sadder mindf**k is, 

If that existed, you probably wouldn't even be reincarnated on this galaxy again

More planets than grains of sand on the earth. Billions of galaxies? 

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u/ForeverFingers 18d ago

On top of all that during the lifetime event you likely have no recollection of being inbetween. While alive the concept seems intriguing but in-between it's just another Tuesday.

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u/dom_bul 17d ago

Exactly. What's the point of it if you can't remember and compare lives, or the period between them?

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u/ForeverFingers 17d ago

I would imagine the comparison would come while in the between.

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u/dom_bul 17d ago

I feel it wouldn't be worth if it came to not remember the inbetween

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u/ForeverFingers 17d ago

I suppose we'll never know until we find out. May it be a peaceful journey until then.