Theme 1 – Viability of the single‑electron / single‑particle hypothesis
- edgyquant: “I always loved this as it seems to be a more modern way of interpreting the monad. Could it not be the case that all particles are actually just one thing that is not subject to time and that our reality is a snapshot of a matrix of its different potentials?”
- fnordpiglet: “In this specific case experimental evidence shows it’s almost certainly not true. It was less the complications that killed it than objective observation.”
- pixl97: “Because distant celestial objects accelerate a lot of matter away from them … we don’t see that anywhere.”
Theme 2 – Ethical and philosophical implications of the “Egg” thought experiment
- ndarray: “Engage in the thought experiment that you are/were/will be every human for a sec. Is self‑harm morally ok? Many would say yes. So ‘the egg’ already gives those people a pass to hurt everyone else in this world because it's a form of self‑harm.”
- amelius: “1. No, self harm is not ok. 2. Who says the living of lives does not repeat over time? Your/our 'next' life may start in 300 B.C.”
- orangebread: “Self‑harm isn’t moral or amoral, it just is. It's as moral or amoral as deciding if you should or shouldn't eat another animal …”
Theme 3 – Speculations on consciousness, time, and the nature of reality
- lolakutty: “Space and time are illusions … Space is felt and so is time. Both are sensations that consciousness feels.”
- thesmtsolver2: “Originally derived from Hinduism thousands of years before Buddha (see Advaita for a modern view and Upanishads or Gita/Vedas for source).”
- r3trohack3r: “God is timeless. Time is necessary for change. In order to experience change, God creates universes that have time and descends into these lower states of existence …”