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At this crucial moment, the reality bifurcates: in one universe, he lives; in another, he perishes, yet the version of him that continues pulling the trigger is oblivious to his death in the alternate reality. This idea prompts the question: if he is unaware of centuries of death in parallel universes, does that mean we experience immortality in some sense?
The Role of Thought Experiments
Quantum immortality and its accompanying thought experiment—often referred to as quantum suicide—are hypothetical explorations meant to stretch our understanding of existence itself. Since the quantum level is minuscule, traditional scientific methods struggle to observe it directly, lending thought experiments much credence in theoretical physics.