So we're starting big, going straight towards one of the biggest topics that I think about on a daily basis while lying awake at three in the morning. I'm basically just going to write down my thought process when I think about this. I apologize ahead of time if this is just one long run on sentence.
When I think about the universe and existence, I usually first think about perspective. Perspective being the point of view that I experience everything. But then what happens when you go to sleep? When you're awake, you're constantly viewing your surroundings and experiencing them one way or another on a conscious level. What happens when you fall asleep? Does everything just disappear because you're not viewing it? Have you ever heard of Schrodinger's Cat? It basically says for this equation, you put a cat in a box with a flask. You also put a geiger counter in there or something that allows you to view something that's happening inside of the box. You break the flask, which is filled with poison, and it kills the cat. But something or other about quantum physics gets involved, and then it states that the cat is both alive and dead. But when you open the box to look inside, the cat is either alive or dead. So this kind of lead me to believe that if you aren't observing something directly, whether it be touch or smell or anything of the sense, hehe pun, then it ceases to exist, but also exists at the same time.
My point being, when you're asleep, you're not observing the universe because you're unconscious. Therefore, by theory of teenager that doesn't understand quantum physics enough to really get the meaning, when you're asleep, the universe ceases to exist and also exists at the same time. It's kind of a mushy brain thingy. I don't really know how to put it.
But this also leads me to think, "What happens when we die?" Do we just go onto another world? Does the universe cease to exist? Does everything happen again in an endless cycle of purgatory and life? I don't know, but it leaves me with this empty feeling in my stomach and I honestly hate it, how it feels, that is. It also leads to a different question, though. Like, why are we here? Why does anything exist in the first place? Is there a higher, four dimensional being or are we on our own? Is immortality possible through science? And if it is, will the constant collapse of the universe eventually kill that immortal being?
This is why I can't fall asleep at night.
When I think about the universe and existence, I usually first think about perspective. Perspective being the point of view that I experience everything. But then what happens when you go to sleep? When you're awake, you're constantly viewing your surroundings and experiencing them one way or another on a conscious level. What happens when you fall asleep? Does everything just disappear because you're not viewing it? Have you ever heard of Schrodinger's Cat? It basically says for this equation, you put a cat in a box with a flask. You also put a geiger counter in there or something that allows you to view something that's happening inside of the box. You break the flask, which is filled with poison, and it kills the cat. But something or other about quantum physics gets involved, and then it states that the cat is both alive and dead. But when you open the box to look inside, the cat is either alive or dead. So this kind of lead me to believe that if you aren't observing something directly, whether it be touch or smell or anything of the sense, hehe pun, then it ceases to exist, but also exists at the same time.
My point being, when you're asleep, you're not observing the universe because you're unconscious. Therefore, by theory of teenager that doesn't understand quantum physics enough to really get the meaning, when you're asleep, the universe ceases to exist and also exists at the same time. It's kind of a mushy brain thingy. I don't really know how to put it.
But this also leads me to think, "What happens when we die?" Do we just go onto another world? Does the universe cease to exist? Does everything happen again in an endless cycle of purgatory and life? I don't know, but it leaves me with this empty feeling in my stomach and I honestly hate it, how it feels, that is. It also leads to a different question, though. Like, why are we here? Why does anything exist in the first place? Is there a higher, four dimensional being or are we on our own? Is immortality possible through science? And if it is, will the constant collapse of the universe eventually kill that immortal being?
This is why I can't fall asleep at night.
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