Rebirth

Summary

The text discusses the concept of rebirth and the loss of knowledge from past lives, using the example of a reincarnated history professor who retains none of their previous expertise.

Abstract

The article "Rebirth" delves into the paradox of intelligence and memory across lifetimes, questioning why an individual would be reborn without the vast knowledge they accumulated in their past life. It illustrates this through the story of a renowned history professor, an expert in ancient civilizations, who after dying and being reborn, loses all his specialized knowledge and even basic cognitive abilities. The narrative suggests that the process of rebirth, including the gestation period, results in a complete reset of intellectual faculties, reducing a once brilliant mind to a state of infancy, devoid of any recollection of their past existence or the ability to think critically. The author, Wolfstuff, ponders the mystery of this phenomenon, acknowledging the continuous cycle of life and death without the carryover of mental prowess, and expresses a desire to understand the underlying mechanisms of this transformation.

Opinions

The author implies that the process of rebirth entails a complete loss of previous life's knowledge and intellectual capabilities.
It is suggested that the gestation period in rebirth is responsible for the apparent 'dumbing down

Why Stupid Anew

Why are we born so much dumber than when we died — hours earlier

Okay, you die. You’re a professor of History. For the last thirty years you’ve honed in on and specialized in ancient Egypt and Greece. There’s not a thing about Plato or Plotinus or Alexander or Pythagoras or Aristotle that you don’t know. They come to you for answers. From all corners of the world. You’re a graying, walking encyclopedia, nothing short of brilliant. Everybody agrees.

And now you die. Heart attack, perhaps. Stroke. Who knows, but you’re dead.

And off you go, traversing Bardo as best as you can and then, after nine comfortable (albeit a little cramped) months, there’s daylight again, and someone (a nurse) smacks you bottom and you wail and now it’s life all over again.

And you’ve forgotten Greek.

And you can’t remember how to talk.

You can’t even remember exiting.

You can’t even remember how to think.

You can’t even remember remembering.

You can’t even think.

Which begs the question: does the gestation period dumb us down completely?

Well, it’s not really a question. It’s a statement: The gestation period dumbs us down, completely. Effectively. Droolingly. Gaga, googoo’ingly.

For the history professor didn’t vanish. He’s been stomping about Samsara for beginningless eons (as the Buddhists like to put it), and he’s still around, but exceedingly stupid and utterly helpless in this new diaper-enhanced, breast-fed day-by-day gaga-googoo-existence.

So, what happened?

Wouldn’t you like to know?

I certainly would.

Rebirth

Why Stupid Anew

Wolfstuff

So, who am I? Really really. I could tell you that I was born in northern Sweden during a snow storm, and subsequently…