I think I'll answer something simple and non-controversial (I have other ideas that would take too long to type out, and possibly cause quite a stir).
If I could change anything, it would be to magically make it so that all batteries last forever. This would make a clean source of virtually free energy (i.e. free after the batteries are actually made), and hopefully help provide a higher standard of living for all of humanity.
Answering Arman's question too,
I "think" there's nothing after death. I want to believe that there's some sort of pleasant higher plane of existence, but "wishes and whims are not facts, nor are they the means to discovering them"... Dreams are great, but you did ask for a thoughtful answer. Basically, my reasoning is that even something simple like "pleasure" is just a chemical process within the brain, and without a living body there can be no pleasure (in the context that we currently understand it). Extend that thought to the next logical step, and you might see how I'm sceptical about the existence of a non-biological component of human consciousness.
:2cents:
I think I'll answer something simple and non-controversial (I have other ideas that would take too long to type out, and possibly cause quite a stir).
If I could change anything, it would be to magically make it so that all batteries last forever. This would make a clean source of virtually free energy (i.e. free after the batteries are actually made), and hopefully help provide a higher standard of living for all of humanity.
Answering Arman's question too,
I "think" there's nothing after death. I want to believe that there's some sort of pleasant higher plane of existence, but "wishes and whims are not facts, nor are they the means to discovering them"... Dreams are great, but you did ask for a thoughtful answer. Basically, my reasoning is that even something simple like "pleasure" is just a chemical process within the brain, and without a living body there can be no pleasure (in the context that we currently understand it). Extend that thought to the next logical step, and you might see how I'm sceptical about the existence of a non-biological component of human consciousness.
:2cents:
What is your favorite beverage?