Anthropic Reincarnation in an Infinite Universe

Updated: 2025.09.05 1M ago 1 sources
If the universe’s history or future is infinite, then every precise qualitative state recurs, so your present existence makes it likely 'you' will exist again. The argument is secular: identity reappears whenever the exact right conditions repeat, and theories that deny this render your present self essentially probability‑zero under an infinite past. Observation of yourself now thus counts as evidence for reincarnation under infinite time. — It reframes identity, afterlife, and duplication debates—implicating ethics of AI copies, simulations, and cryonics—by treating recurrence as evidence for literal re‑instantiation of persons.

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“Existence is evidence of immortality”
Tyler Cowen 2025.09.05 100% relevant
Michael Huemer (via Tyler Cowen) argues 'your present existence constitutes significant evidence that you will be reincarnated' and that 'a sufficiently precise repetition of the right conditions will qualify as literally creating another incarnation of you.'
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