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Obviously a hypothetical scenario. There is no way to pass on the knowledge to anyone else. Time freezes for you only, and once you have your answer you are out of this world.

The question can allow you to see into the past, present and future and gain comprehension of any topic/issue. But it's only one question.

Edit: the point isn't "how to cheat death". You can't. Your body is frozen and there is nothing you can do with this knowledge other than knowing it, and die. So if you would rather be frozen in a limbo just thinking of numbers for eternity, be my guest.

Such a variety of replies, it's been really interesting to read them!

What would you want to know? Personally I'd want to see a timelapse or milestone glimpses of humanity's future until the end of Earth's existence (if we survive that long)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Nah, I'm good

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"How, subsequent to receiving this answer, can I subvert my death or cause this font of knowledge to actually be useful?"

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Answer: "you can't." And you just wasted your question!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (9 children)

What is the fundamental nature and purpose of the universe?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

What are the 23 flavours in Dr. Pepper?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

How much lost money have I walked past in my life and not noticed.. can also include gold.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Do people believe the things they say? I probably want to go case by case

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Is there an afterlife in this scenario? Do I ask my question and go to heaven? Or is this just asking a question, getting the answer, and your consciousness blinking out of existence at the moment of death?

Because if it's the latter, frankly, I don't think I'd care that much about anything because nothing will matter in a moment. What good is knowledge without a mind to keep it? The concerns of the material world are ultimately irrelevant to void that I will soon be a part of.

I'd probably ask something stupid like "I lost my copy of Pokemon Blue when I was a kid, where did that end up?" and then disappear into that sweet, sweet nothingness.

If there's a heaven...I'll just ask people what they asked when I get there.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

LoL people would end up a jibbering mess if they came up face to face with a cosmic deity that could answer any questions that they would absolutely end up accidentally asking something like, "Oh no! Did I leave my car running?" "Did I remember to feed Mr. Mittens?" Or just "Oh, am I dead then?"

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Where were you, when everything was falling apart? And all my days were spent by the telephone--

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is the Standard Model correct or is there a single fundamental particle/string/anything that we haven't discovered yet?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

There are a million fundamental things everywhere that no one will ever know.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

How could we prove the Riemann Hypothesis?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What was the single thing I did that had the last direct impact on myself, that had the greatest lasting impact on anyone else?

Things like spending the extra time one day making a cup of coffee made it so this specific person was stuck behind my slow-ass speed limit driving, averting what would've been a multi-car pileup or some shit like that.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (4 children)

i'd wanna know who had the biggest dick in human history

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything?

What religion is correct, and what do I have to do with the short time I have left to ensure that I get into the best version of the afterlife possible?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (5 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Will our efforts in philosophy ever lead to a non-circular answer to the worth of life? I.e. will mankind ever create or find its purpose?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What is the mechanism for qualia?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (4 children)

The number of times I walked out of the shower without using soap plus i times the number of times I soaped at least twice to avoid that scenario.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What happened to the other species of humans? Would they like metal? The first question can be ignored if both are not allowed

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