'And the future, especially after our deaths, is the same - no information. Does that make sense?"

Yes, Shimrod, ir makes perfect intrinsic sense. It provides a good answer; but I am not sure to which question — not quite to the one I began with [affording, as one might say, the BigBang to this thread - just call me Yahweh!] — or, anyhow, only tangentially. I think: ( ∴ This Thread Is... ??? )

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