ALIENS OVERVIEW
Life Extension, DNA Decay, and the Secrets of the "Necronauts"
In this philosophical and speculative exchange, explorer1357 questions if there is a way to achieve eternal life without harming other species or using lab-grown cells. Reptiliandude dismisses this, explaining that damaged genetics cannot be repaired because water molecules quickly destroy DNA after death, and notes that failing to answer “the Beacon” in time only complicates matters because individuals will have already been chipped. The conversation then shifts to the afterlife: after explorer1357 asks what reptiliandude’s species believes happens after death, reptiliandude reveals that their kind utilizes a guild of “necronauts”—volunteers who are briefly killed and revived to explore the edges of the realm. Finally, the group discusses the concept of “God” and the universe; reptiliandude notes they have never scientifically proved God’s existence, but highlights that the universe is not entirely chaotic, prompting ACuriousHumanBeing and garbotalk to find comfort in the idea that hope and unseen efforts hold genuine value.
ALIENS OVERVIEW
Life Extension, DNA Decay, and the Secrets of the "Necronauts"
In this philosophical and speculative exchange, explorer1357 questions if there is a way to achieve eternal life without harming other species or using lab-grown cells. Reptiliandude dismisses this, explaining that damaged genetics cannot be repaired because water molecules quickly destroy DNA after death, and notes that failing to answer “the Beacon” in time only complicates matters because individuals will have already been chipped. The conversation then shifts to the afterlife: after explorer1357 asks what reptiliandude’s species believes happens after death, reptiliandude reveals that their kind utilizes a guild of “necronauts”—volunteers who are briefly killed and revived to explore the edges of the realm. Finally, the group discusses the concept of “God” and the universe; reptiliandude notes they have never scientifically proved God’s existence, but highlights that the universe is not entirely chaotic, prompting ACuriousHumanBeing and garbotalk to find comfort in the idea that hope and unseen efforts hold genuine value.
Image: A neon sign that reads death is not the end (Photo by Jon Tyson via Unsplash)
Source: RD, "What you are really contending with." r/reptiliandude, Reddit, (10 August 2017) https://www.reddit.com/r/reptiliandude/s/Ex1yZX71Op
explorer1357: I see, but this is IF we fail to answer The Beacon? I mean Im sure we’ll answer the Beacon.
On the subject of the whole life extension, isnt there a way to live forever without having to make another species die young or sacrifice them? Cant they just make cancer cells or stem cells in a lab?
Glycon, youve been alive way longer than us, you rusty lizard, and have a lot of life experience and wisdom. What is your personal opinion of what happens when we die? I mean, youre like us now, so you probably gonna die pretty soon, relatively speaking.
reptiliandude: No.
Their genetics were too far gone to use their own as a base to go by to repair themselves.
Remember my truck in the alley example?
Or my declaration of the half life of DNA only being a little over 500 years, and that being in pristine, DRY conditions?
Water molecules destroy DNA once the life has left it.
If you fail to answer the beacon in the allotted time, it doesn’t make it impossible…
It just makes it more difficult, because by that time you’ll have been chipped.
[deleted]: Yeah, I bet living a long time will eventually take it’s toll. I mean it would be cool to live a thousand years, don’t get me wrong. Shiieet, if I could I would lol. Just saying.
ACuriousHumanBeing: In total agreement. Yes, I want to live in this life for longer, but I want to die eventually.
I look forward in some ways to death.
I will need a rest after this mission, as I’ll call it, and will hope to be human in a time of greater peace and love, and eat the fruit of these labors then, and create more fruit for myself and others.
reptiliandude: No.
Their genetics were too far gone to use their own as a base to go by to repair themselves.
Remember my truck in the alley example?
Or my declaration of the half life of DNA only being a little over 500 years, and that being in pristine, DRY conditions?
Water molecules destroy DNA once the life has left it.
If you fail to answer the beacon in the allotted time, it doesn’t make it impossible…
It just makes it more difficult, because by that time you’ll have been chipped.
explorer1357: Fuck, basically the more showers we take, the more pool parties and swimming at the beach we do, we are shortening our own lives?
No i dont remember the truck in the alley, im still reading through all these threads.
reptiliandude: XD No… It’s the corrosive action water has on someone when they are actually dead, not dead drunk.
explorer1357: Oh…
Going back to the other question – what is your opinion on what happens after death? Just wanna see what your species believes, dont mean ill believe it, nobody really knows till they die.
ACuriousHumanBeing: https://www.reddit.com/r/reptiliandude/comments/6molde/opening_up_our_minds_turning_thoughts_into_reality/dlji5ao/?context=3
He’s said his answer here.
A very calming answer I think.
explorer1357: Thanks a lot CHB!!
reptiliandude: No.
Your species doesn’t know.
My species (as well as more than a few others) do know, as a result of actually killing volunteers and then reviving them.
We actually have a guild of sorts who explore the edges of the realm.
Or, at least keep trying to break into something other than the most preliminary stages of it…
It would roughly translate into something on a par with a word like ‘necronauts.’
But such knowledge is a vital part of our currency.
And discussing it wouldn’t make much difference here anyways.
Your species wouldn’t believe such things were true even if the dead came back and testified to you personally.
ACuriousHumanBeing: How does….er…..god?…yeah.
Do you know how ‘god’/the universe feel about this?
Your kin are exceedingly cheeky, and fun.
reptiliandude: Nope. We never scientifically proved the existence of God. Only, that there was reason to strongly suspect that we couldn’t rule out the testimonies of those who returned. Especially, since they knew exactly what their loved ones were doing from across the other side of the world, as well as what image cards and other things we had set up in locked rooms. We tried to use them as spies even, but they could only go to places they had strong emotional attachment to, or places they had visited before. If we kept them dead for too long they came back with severe brain damage or they didn’t come back at all. Either way, the concept of time was quite different to them. They claimed to be able to rapidly flow through matter itself like when someone rides a river or a wave.
garbotalk: But you mathematically did, correct?
reptiliandude: We established a strong inference that the universe is not entirely chaotic.
But such an application of the scientific method can neither prove nor disprove the existence of “God.”
It would appear that there is something else that such an entity expects of those who are seekers…
Perhaps it would have something to do with such an entity placing an actual value upon the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
garbotalk: Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
John 20:29
ACuriousHumanBeing:
Perhaps it would have something to do with such an entity placing an actual value upon the substance of things hoped foe, …
This is comforting. Thank you.
It is good to know those things I have hoped for, though perhaps yet unreal, have not fallen to vain, and still have yet some value. That is if I’m reading this correctly.
