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)

  • FoundTheVegan@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    What was life like for ever human that has ever existed? I’d like to see every single day start to finish from their perspective, sorted as randomly as possible.

    The worst part of traditional immortality is being stuck as you, I’d like to experience the entire library and range of human experinces. It would eventually know how it started and how it all ended, while seeing every perspective that got us there. They’d be a lot of days toiling in a field, a lot of days in office cubicles toiling in excel, but most importantly I’d see the small victories and tragedies that make up every life. I think that’d be the real beauty.

  • Krauerking@lemy.lol
    2·
    1 year ago

    Was I ever a good impact on someone else’s life?

    Simple and sweet. Let’s you go to the next thing either with your head held high or knowing for sure if you just lived and died.

    • LanternEverywhere@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      To quote King Missile, “there are no points”

      There is no point to life
      There is no point to death
      There is no point in continuing our meetings
      There is no point in not continuing our meetings

      There is no point in going out
      There is no point in staying in
      No point in gaining weight
      And no point in staying trim

      There is no point in answering the phone or opening the mail
      There is no point in getting drunk or doing drugs
      And there is no point in staying sober

      There is no point in needing someone
      And no point in being alone
      There is no point in doing nothing
      And no point in not doing nothing

      These are all good points, yet none of them lead anywhere
      None of them are points at all
      There are no points
      There is no point

  • A1kmm@lemmy.amxl.comEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’d pick an irrational number, say pi, and ask for every decimal digit of it. Then, I have infinite time to walk around the world in explore mode (i.e. I can’t die, and hence don’t need to eat etc…, and am effectively an infinite energy source, and can interact with objects) while time is frozen. This effectively makes me a god, but only for one point in time, with the ability to create a discontinuity in the world state at that point. I’d travel around the whole world (even if it involved swimming oceans) and try to make it so that the infinite sum of each action I take while the world is frozen converges on a world that is in a much better state infinitesimally after the moment compared to infinitesimally before.

  • Meowoem@sh.itjust.works
    01·
    1 year ago

    Will humanity ever stop repeating tired old jokes from monty python and Douglas Adams?

    If yes I can die happy that things get better, if no I can welcome oblivion with joy