[mettamage]

I try not to take the following thoughts too seriously because ultimately I'm living this life. Also, I'm making some huge assumptions. With that said.

Life isn't real. It's real right now, but only for the time you're alive.

Before you were born you didn't exist, then you were born. Now you exist and start gaining memories. When we go to sleep all of that is gone. In that sense I have the hunch that to some extent sleep simulates what it's like to be dead. In other words, there will be nothing. Going from there to infer what death is like (a huge assumption), I come to the conclusion that all of what you did is forgotten by you. In fact, you will likely not experience anything anymore.

If that's true then it's basically like you haven't lived at all. In other words, life isn't real.

It's a thought I play with, mostly the questions it raises. Sometimes I play with different assumptions. It's a fun pastime, not something to take seriously IMO.

[saulpw]

Is a song not real because it only exists for a certain amount of time? Where does the song go when the music stops?