>>7794I believe now there may be something like reincarnation, but it's not going to be karmic or guided by any right or wrong, and we are unlikely to have any say in the matter. It would not be a good thing.
Very likely if I were reincarnated, whatever the nature of that, I would do one of two things:
- continue what I set out to do in this life, if I am aware of this life's mission, since I have already vowed to chase down eugenists in Hell because I hate them that much.
- Cease to exist since nothing good could come from another life of me, if this is possible. Failing that, I would do nothing, or do nothing more than "holding actions", with a nihilistic view of what I'm doing.
I don't see much purpose in looking at the next life as a progression to a higher stage or something to look forward to or dread. The only way this would happen is by technological means of some sort, even if it is a technology alien to us. Such a thing wouldn't be "reincarnation" in the sense that is commonly invoked. It would be some sort of soul-capturing sorcery which is unlikely to be used for good. Reincarnation is invoked because it invokes an image of eternal, inescapable slavery. It is a very evil doctrine.
That said, we're already free of the constraints of biology and psychology, because biology and psychology did not place the restraints of "nature" presumed to operate in the first place. All biological life entailed was a material basis which we know well. From that tiny, pathetic muck, everything we could ever aspire to become arose. There was never any eseential "break" from the material origins. This has worked for a lot of ill - humans cannot escape what they and their ancestors did in the past - but it also works for good. No matter what humans become, anything that had an existence as "us" is tainted by human experience and its behaviors. If I were something other than human in another life or a world where we didn't do this, then all I've done here is irrelevant to that life. As for psychological constraints, there simply aren't that many. Human faculties are very extensible. It is the most basic thing humans do with any technology, and their bodies and every faculty available to them is a type of technology which is honed and extended. Human potential is not infinite or unknowable. There are limits to what humans can ever accomplish, an
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