97: Supernova
The non-existent. Head in a supernova. Apoplectic sighs.
First broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM, 03 Nov 2022.
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What's the worst thing that could happen?
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That's only bad for me, my friends and family. And possibly for the business continuity of the company I happen to be working for at the time. What's the actual worst thing that could ever happen to everyone everywhere ever?
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When could this happen?
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In the meantime, what's the worst thing that could happen to all non-living things?
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Yeah, but what about non-living entities?
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OK. But what about non-existing entities?
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Well, one thing that could happen to them is that they start to exist, right?
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Really? Even if they start to exist during the total collapse of the universe?
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What if they came into being already possessing all knowledge of everything that could ever happen?
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Perhaps they could feel that something bad was happening, due to the cataclysmic and totalising sensation of burning pain coursing through every fibre of their new-found existence?
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Who would not consider the non-knowledge of total, maximal pain a bad thing, if that pain was a very real and visceral experience to the existent?
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The worst thing that could happen is that you could die.
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The sun could go supernova, destroying all life in the process.
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The sun is not due to go supernova for another 5 billion years, so we've got a bit of time.
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The universe could reach a point where it is no longer able to sustain any form of life, leading to the extinction of all life in the universe.
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The universe could reach a point where it is no longer able to sustain any form of existence, leading to the extinction of all existence in the universe.
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There is nothing that could happen to non-existing entities, as they do not exist.
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Yes, but that would not be considered a bad thing.
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No, because they would not be aware of it.
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Even then, it would not be considered a bad thing, as they would have no way of knowing that anything bad was happening.
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Even then, it would not be considered a bad thing, as they would have no way of knowing that anything bad was happening.
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Someone who does not exist.