This is the snail immortality thought experiment. You are immortal until a certain immortal indestructible snail touches you. You can never be rid of the snail, and it will never stop pursuing you.
If anything is possible, and the snail is somehow motivated to find you, then it could hitchhike on another rocket. The goal isn't to be there quickly, only to be an eventuality.
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SpikesOtherDog@ani.social · 52 pts · 271d
This is the snail immortality thought experiment. You are immortal until a certain immortal indestructible snail touches you. You can never be rid of the snail, and it will never stop pursuing you.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 270d
I just make sure I only ever sleep in well-sealed places. An immortal cockroach would be way scarier. Immortal house centipede. Etc.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 270d
What I wish I wasn't too irreligious to believe Cheney and Kissinger are now
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social · 5 pts · 270d
The positive part of this is that there is no sneaking up on you. Just make sure you always live behind a revolving door.
bhamlin@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 270d
With Nancy Reagan in the middle
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 4 pts · 270d
Kind of weird to single out Nancy but alright
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 270d
How does the snail account for space travel? Does it have a little snail rocket? And if so, is it normal speed, or extremely slow for comedic effect?
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social · 9 pts · 270d
If anything is possible, and the snail is somehow motivated to find you, then it could hitchhike on another rocket. The goal isn't to be there quickly, only to be an eventuality.
int32@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 269d
maybe it has a towel.
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social · 2 pts · 269d
Wait, you wouldn't actually go anywhere without one, would you?