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Comment author: wedrifid 14 June 2013 05:05:07AM *  4 points [-]

Would you eat Yoda?

Would that allow absorbing some of his midichlorians? Black magic! Well, I might try (since he died of natural causes anyway). But yoda dies without leaving a corpse. It would be difficult. The only viable strategy would seem to be to have Yoda anethetize himself a minute before he ghosts ("becomes one with the force"). Then the flesh would remain corporeal for consumption.

The real ethical test would be would I freeze yoda's head in carbonite, acquire brain scanning technology and upload him into a robot body? Yoda may have religious objections to the practice so I may honour his preferences while being severely disappointed. I suspect I'd choose the Dark Side of the Force myself. The Sith philosophy seems much more compatible with life extension by whatever means necessary.

Comment author: CCC 14 June 2013 08:51:07AM 4 points [-]

It should be noted that Yoda has an observable afterlife. Obi-wan had already appeared after his body had died, apparently in full possession of his memories and his reasoning abilities; Yoda proposes to follow in Obi-wan's footsteps, and has good reason to believe that he will be able to do so.

Comment author: Kawoomba 14 June 2013 07:54:48AM 2 points [-]

Sith philosophy, for reference:

Peace is a lie, there is only passion.

Through passion, I gain strength.

Through strength, I gain power.

Through power, I gain victory.

Through victory, my chains are broken.

The Force shall free me.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 14 June 2013 02:05:04PM 7 points [-]

Actual use of Sith techniques seems to turn people evil at ridiculously accelerated rates. At least in-universe it seems that sensible people would write off this attractive-sounding philosophy as window dressing on an extremely damaging set of psychic techniques.

Comment author: nshepperd 14 June 2013 03:27:03PM 0 points [-]

If you're lucky, it might grant intrinsic telepathy, as long as the corpse is relatively fresh.