B.A.R.D.

Major-premise: There is a 50% chance that your consciousness is immortal. Minor-premise A: There is a 50% chance that time is infinite. There are two possibilities: that time ends or that it continues infinitely. If you accept that we cannot prove either and must therefore assign a 50% probability for each then you accept this premise. Minor-premise B: Your consciousness is substrate, space and time independent. Sub-premise i: Substrate independence. If you accept that your consciousness can be copied onto a different substrate without losing integrity then you accept this premise. Sub-premise ii: Space independence. If you accept that you are constantly moving through space without your consciousness losing integrity then you accept this premise. Sub-premise iii: Time independence. Thought experiment: Imagine that your brain is frozen with every proton and electron held perfectly in place for a million years and then unfrozen again. You would resume thinking and not f

You must do what you need to do so you can do what you must do. Overcome your personal psychological barriers to reason and rational action. Write down everything that you know you should be doing then write down the reasons why you're not doing them. Your entire focus should then be to overcome those reasons.

The great triumph and challange of the rational scientific method is to admit ultimate, personal fallibility.

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