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You want a physicist to speak at your funeralby ~rationalhub

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You want a physicist to speak at your funeral - beautiful quote IMO.

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~Excalibur-T005 Sep 9, 2012

I think that this idea - a physicist explaining how everything that the deceased was is now, as it always has been, part of something bigger, and also highlighting the impact we all have on the particles that flit throughout the universe - said over a Viking-style funeral (well, just the dead body on a burning wooden ship part), would probably be my first choice regarding the removal of my corpse from the sight of humanity.

That being said, I'm also fond of the idea - which, by the time I grow old, may become a real possibility - of the mind being preserved electronically, so that all of the memories remain, in addition to the personality and decision-making process - the only change, really, being relocation to a computer (perhaps a chemical computer, or a biological computer) and the addition of rather a lot of processing power. A great send-off is all well and good, as is immortality through my work, but if I see the opportunity to grasp any form of literal immortality, I'm going to go for it. The inability of computers to play the flute or eat a really great sandwich would be a bit of a problem for me, but I think it would be worth it.

~Master-of-the-Boot Jun 29, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

I never thought that physics could be heartwarming until now

*EbolaBear Jun 2, 2012

I want clowns at my funeral.

~VulcanMassageBadIdea May 26, 2012

This is beautiful. And I would certainly want something like this said at my funeral.

~HattieForest May 26, 2012 Professional Writer

I love this. It's the type of thing I'd like at my funeral, though I don't think I would have one. Cremate me and send me to space - or, failing that, scatter my ashes nilly-willy, as long as I don't interfere with anyone

~NotYourAverageAlien May 25, 2012 Student General Artist

I'd like something like that said at my funeral. If, of course, there is one for me, which I'd rather there not be.

*magpie-poet May 25, 2012

This is one of those things that strikes me as beautiful/creepy depending on my mood. It's interesting and true but I think to some extent purposely ignores the loss of the conciousness that people miss most.

Be that said, I'd prefer it to any of the funeral ceremonies I have gone to

~FoggyPebble May 25, 2012

Just what a bunch of grieving family members wanna hear, a physics lesson.

~swfan444 May 25, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Hey, it's this sort of stuff that keeps me going. It would definitely comfort me at a funeral. I think it's a much more beautiful idea than the concept of heaven and souls continuing after death, the thought that the energy that makes me up will continue for eternity. And it's actually scientifically provable, which is the best thing about it. There's no faith involved.

*MamaLucia May 24, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

disorderly ... and, with any luck, drunk, too!

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