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There are a number of possible answers that I usually present.

1.) Your own mind constructed reality and placed itself in the world in which you are living. In other words, you are the only real person, everyone else is basically just intelligent robots. So, when you die, you will have left the reality you created for yourself.

2.) Life was created as a sort of simulation by an intelligent alien species. You and everyone you know are already fake.

3.) Whatever consciousness is driving you will simply vanish, and you won't have any time to think or reflect on it, meaning you will cease to exist.

4.) You will become another person in another timeline, unaware of your previous life.

5.) You are already controlling every living being in the universe. Every microsecond, you control your actions for a fraction of a second and switch to the next person. Every time you switch, the memories of that specific person are loaded. This means that what you experience as a continuous life is actually the same consciousness that controls every living thing.

The last one is a somewhat unpolished idea with which I have come up.

Lately, I've become interested in the topic of augmentation.

For anyone who doesn't know what augmentation is, it's basically when you install mechanical or electronic technology into a living organism to enhance their genetic abilities tenfold. For instance, a computer chip integrated with the brain may help you remember things better, think faster, or gain knowledge without having to learn it.

Of course, augmentation isn't limited to the brain. One example of mechanical augmentation is the Overwatch Transhuman Arm soldiers from Half-Life 2. For those unfamiliar with the lore of Half-Life 2, they're basically soldiers that have been completely brainwashed, their brain, joints, organs, etc have been artificially enhanced to the point where they're able to take on almost any threat.

I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this subject. Feel free to reply.

I've had a question for a while, hear me out.

Do men or women experience more sexual pleasure during masturbation?

Odd question, but it's been on my mind for a while.

West World is better than both.

@Angie2017 The only time we masturbate more than once a day is if we're addicted. Lol

Hello, my name is Denver. I'm an avid fan of science and technology.

Today's post will be about Dyson Spheres. For those who have never heard of a Dyson Sphere, it is a formation of artificial habitats either orbiting or spinning around and in close proximity to a star. There are multiple designs for Dyson Spheres, so it is advised that you do a tad bit of research on Google.

A Dyson Sphere could theoretically hold billions and billions of people if fully constructed. There would no longer be any concerns for energy, since you're right next to a star, and you can easily and efficiently install solar panels on your Dyson Sphere.

Do you think humans will ever build a Dyson Sphere in the future? Feel free to post your opinions or impressions in the comment section below.

I wish you a great birthday!

@ilija-gromovnik If I saw something I could do, I would do it. But it takes such a large collection of people that it's nearly impossible to get everyone to do their part. If I saw other people resisting, I would do the same. But right now, we can't do crap unless by sheer luck everyone decides to put a stop to it all at once.

I completely agree that something needs to be done because we're driving ourselves directly into a wall. But without numbers, I can't do anything meaningful.

Why do these make me so happy? ^.^

@king-robert Sadly true. I can attest to waking up with 100% uninvoked erections. Biology is stupid.

I'm not against you killing yourself if you take it very seriously and know that it means giving up everything you've worked for. If you want to make that choice, then it's your call. It's better to die young than die old, suffering, and desperate. But at the same time, think of every single thing you know, love, and cherish right now. It'll all be gone. It's a huge gamble. I hope you make the right decision, and with either choice, I hope it pays off. So long.

I often devote my time to creating fully-interactive timelines and universes for intense roleplay. For instance, I took the game world of Mirror's Edge: Catalyst (a beautiful game and good utopian plot setting) and gave it a new history, different political background, new technologies, different people, etc.

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I wouldn't care. The matrix is just as meaningful as the real world because, in truth, nothing is real. There is only an illusion of reality, one that you can only break free from once you perish. The real world might not be real, but neither is the matrix. It's all a giant illusion, making us think that certain things have more meaning than others.

You punch the illusion, it punches back. It's easier to live a peaceful life than to live one where your actions ultimately won't make a difference, even though you fight like hell to make it so. Cherish the illusion.

1.) Writing.
2.) Irrigation.
3.) Mathematics.
4.) Plumbing.
5.) Electricity.
6.) Education.
7.) Steam engines.
8.) Electromagnetism.
9.) Penicillin.
10.) Assembly lines.
11.) Locomotion.
12.) Circuitry.
13.) Automobilism.
14.) Networking.
15.) Explosives.
16.) Rifling.
17.) Radiators.
18.) Flight.
19.) Vaccination.
20.) Plastics.

What are humanity's most intuitive and life-changing inventions?

This will be an interactive post for others to answer.
Depending on how much you want to share, you can pick from three options.

1.) Top 5 best inventions.
2.) Top 10 best inventions.
3.) Top 20 best inventions.

Post your answers down below!

@truongk20 I agree, it would be a huge project, one that we may never finish considering modern problems like resource depletion, national competition, religious terrorism, and countless other things. The big issue isn't building the structure itself, it's lasting long enough to complete the project.

Also, you don't necessarily have to completely surround the star. You don't even have to build a giant platform. There are multiple ways to do it, two of which I will share.

1.) Build a bunch of small space stations, not very large, just numerous, and throw them into orbit around the star. You can always add to the number of stations, the big issue is making sure they don't collide. Even so, it shouldn't happen very often.

2.) Build a massive ring around the star, similar to the ring around Saturn, except one large object. It should be relatively thin, since you can always build more, and it can house a TON of people. You can also approach this design with a ladder-like structure, where the rungs of the ladder are constantly rotating, providing artificial gravity. This also cuts back on the needed materials, since there's a sizeable gap between each rung.

Both of these methods don't require insanely strong materials, more so the former. You could always pull resources from other planets, or somehow fuse large amounts of common atoms to make things like iron, similar to how a star does. Sadly, this is not possible yet, but we're getting pretty close to starting nuclear fusion.

@AlwaysStranger Oh okay. Sorry ;-;