Starting right now, how can I preserve my personal conscious existence until I'm ready to no longer exist?
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If you're not mentally ready to go this is hands down the best question
"You can't. You had literally all of eternity to ask your final question, you could've used some of that time to come to terms with your death, but instead you immediately used up your question(and your remaining time) trying to cheat death. Goodbye"
What do I need to do from now, until the day I die, to be the happiest possible?
This kinda just feels like "what single question would you ask ChatGPT if it was omniscient" so my mind is just getting lost in the arcane and complex structuring and restructuring of the question to get the answer you want rather than one that literally answers the exact question you asked.
Assuming though that you actually do just get the answer to the intent and spirit of your question the only rational one I can think of would have to be some variation of:
"What answer could you give me that would offer me the most peace, contentment and sense of resolution to my life?"
Otherwise I'd spend an eternity (or however long I'd have to consider my question) pondering how to ask that question without getting an accurate and correct response like:
"A really good one."
Has Morocco rejoined the Eurovision Song Contest?
If Miura didn't die, how would have Berserk ended?
Edit: NM, looks like I'll find out one day.
What is the formula of everything that perfectly fits the description of our universe or multiverse?
What is the fundamental nature and purpose of the universe?
This one's easy, it's a succession of random events without purpose and it's random luck that made it so we developed enough intelligence to be here to talk about it today.
Not all things need a nature or purpose.
What caused the bronze age collapse and are we socially overdue for a similar one?
How much lost money have I walked past in my life and not noticed.. can also include gold.
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.
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?"
Where were you, when everything was falling apart? And all my days were spent by the telephone--
Is the Standard Model correct or is there a single fundamental particle/string/anything that we haven't discovered yet?
There are a million fundamental things everywhere that no one will ever know.
Nah, I'm good
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?
How does priority work in MtG?
In actuality though I'd probably kick up a reincarnation loop by asking for the full experience of every living and inanimate thing the universe has to hold, starting with everyone/everything I ever interacted with and branching exponentially from there.
Priority in MtG works based on who is able to find a Google result supporting their argument first.