How superimmortality gives meaning to conscious life
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Religions propose that making people immortal gives meaning and purpose to human life. This meaning and purpose often comes from producing certain religious commanded behaviors that have to be achieved to experience a better afterlife. For example, if you are religiously good you go to heaven other wise you go to hell. Religiously demanded behavior often is counter to humans natural behavioral tendencies. In other words it is not easy to produce these "correct" behaviors. The purpose and meaning religions give to this life is the working toward a desired behavior. You may get a feeling of accomplishment when achieving these behaviors or at least trying to. Religious people say that if there is no afterlife what is the purpose of behaving in any particular way? Even if this is the only conscious life that you will ever have there are good reasons to behaving decently. There are many different sequences of behaviors that you can create in this life. Some will lead to better lives and some will lead to worse lives. Avoiding pain and achieving pleasure gives meaning and purpose to this life.
How does superimmortality give meaning and purpose to life beyond just making this life better?
Link in the chain argument for meaning and purpose You are a link in the accomplishment of greater goals.
Angel argument for meaning and purpose Other versions of you can be caring toward you.
Reuniting with loved ones argument for meaning and purpose There are many different versions of you that share experiences with loved ones.
New loved ones argument for meaning and purpose There are many different versions of you that have many different loved ones.
Purpose and meaning for the ixperiencitness grouping as a whole You are part of a potential ixperiencitness grouping of consciousnesses that have purpose and meaning.
Goal fulfillment argument for meaning and purpose There are many different goals that we have in life. Many will not be fulfilled however, versions of us can accomplish these goals.
Knowledge fulfillment argument for meaning and purpose Many people want to know more in this life but never accomplish full understanding. Versions of you can achieve these desired levels of understanding.
Life fulfillment argument for meaning and purpose Any life that ends has been cut short. Because any life can be longer than it was. Any life can be extended in many different ways with version of the original person
Assisting others argument for meaning and purpose It often feels good to help others. helping others gives purpose and meaning to life
Improving the world argument for meaning and purpose By improving the world we improve people lives including your current live and other versions of you and your loved ones and version of them.
The Adventure argument for meaning and purpose For each person there are many different versions that have lives full of adventure and excitement. Experiencing these awarepaths and helping produce them greatly increase meaning and purpose in our lives.
The beauty argument for meaning and purpose Most people have experiences in their lives that they consider wonderful or even beautiful. This alone give purpose and meaning to conscious existence. The fact that superimmortality predicts that these experiences can be repeated and enhanced gives greater meaning and purpose to conscious existence itself.
Working toward making this not the only life you will ever have argument for meaning and purpose
Working toward making other conscious versions of you lives better argument for meaning and purpose
The meaning a purpose that we get as societal goals
The meaning and purpose given by the goal of understanding superimmortality for the individual. For instance, knowing what awarepaths you actually can experience. Knowing what awarepaths actually can be produced that you experience. Knowing what it is like to have not total but percentage wise identity of ixperiencitness in different awarepaths.
The meaning and purpose given by the goal of understanding superimmortality for an ixperiencitness grouping of conscious beings. The meaning and purpose given by the goal of understanding superimmortality for an species grouping of conscious beings.
The meaning and purpose given by the goal of understanding superimmortality for enhanced grouping of conscious beings. How enhancement effects ixperiencitness groupings.
The meaning and purpose that religions supposedly give is trite compared to the meaning and purpose that superimmortality gives
There can be the same relationship between you and enhanced versions of you that there is between you an a religious god. An ultimate god needs nothing from any one person so your purpose and meaning is nothing within a religion. One or more enhanced versions of you can have you in a device that totally controls your reality. Just like an all powerful god is supposed to be able t.
See also: How awaretheory gives purpose and meaning to individuals and humanity