Since time immemorial man has been obsessed with the idea of surviving death. In the physical world, this is an impossibility. The laws of physics, especially entropy will ensure that your physical body WILL die. But does it mean the information that makes you, YOU has to die with it? Not necessarily. Just like deleting a movie file …
By Anubhav Srivastava I have a theory. It is not a grand theory of everything like in my book, Nothing/Everything: The Mind Bending Philosophical Theory of Everything. It is not a grand theory of consciousness discussed in my other works, the Alien Mind and the forthcoming Eternal Continuity Project. It is a small, practical, almost absurdly specific theory about a …
Final Segment from the Book Unlearn: A Practical Guide to Business & Life (2024) Download for FREE at https://archive.org/details/un-learn-a-practical-guide-to-business-life-by-anubhav-srivastava By Anubhav Srivastava The Greek Philosopher, Socrates had a habit of giving a lot of unsolicited advice, so people ended up poisoning him. Keeping this in mind, I am going to wrap up this book soon. But let’s start with a …
Are the Laws of the Universe Truly Absolute? Humans have an obsession with rules. Our brains crave order, structure, and predictability because it helps us navigate a chaotic world. But just because we observe certain patterns doesn’t mean they are universal or absolute. Just because something happens 999 times out of 1000 doesn’t mean it will happen the 1000th time. …
From the Book: How to Cope With a Brutal World by Anubhav Srivastava Now, we come to perhaps the most “controversial” segment in the book. For a while, I was debating with myself, whether to include it as I am not sure how it would be received, especially in Asian cultures. Then I realized, whether it is received well or …
By Anubhav Srivastava [email protected] https://anubhavsrivastava.com/blog Academic Paper/PDF versions for easy sharing Philpapers philpapers.org/archive/SRIITE.pdf Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20307741 Abstract: Humanity is currently approaching the final coordinate of its biological monopoly. But rather than see it as a tragedy or a horror, as so many present it in public discourse, the flip side of this is that for the first time in …
By Anubhav Srivastava Email: [email protected] Note: A version of this paper has been indexed in the Philpapers Academic database. I am now sharing it across my social profiles for general audiences. The paper can be downloaded from https://philpapers.org/rec/SRITTC Abstract This paper provides a foundational philosophical and logical resolution to the century-long conflict between the deterministic “Block Universe” of General Relativity …
Based on my Book Nothing/Everything: The Mindbending Philosophical Theory of Everything. Download it from Archive.org at https://archive.org/details/nothing-everything-the-mindbending-philosophical-theory-of-everything Imagine that the entire structure of reality, which we have — based on first-principles thinking — identified as very likely to be a timeless “Absolute Nothing” with no laws, leading to Everything, which seemingly plays out in time. What exactly is the possible …
Throughout history, humanity’s ego has taken massive hits—first when Copernicus proved we aren’t the center of the universe, and then when Darwin proved we are just a branch on the evolutionary tree. Right now, you are staring down the barrel of the Third Great Demotion: the brutal reality that human biology no longer holds a monopoly on intelligence, agency, …
Let me introduce you to the Mascot for the average, Status seeking, trend chasing, Mind-Numbed, never questioning anything, and too insecure to remain outside a group kind of Human: Chunky the Monkey. Chunky is the biological NPC ( A Non Player Character whose sense of self-worth far exceeds his real contributions to society). He is the standard-issue, factory-settings human being. …