May this great man rest in peace

Was Marvin a conductor on the side?

Can't believe he' still so energetic at 89.

Wait, I don't think it was Einstein who showed that electricity and magnetism are the same thing, I thought that was Maxwell. From Maxwell's wiki page : "His most notable achievement was to formulate the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, bringing together for the first time electricity, magnetism, and light as manifestations of the same phenomenon."

Can anybody tell me what is the screensaver on the computer behind Marvin at the beginning?

Oh, maybe Marvin was just referring to the mass-energy tensor in the Einstein field equations, which combines mass, electricity, and magnetism in a single tensor, which is (largely/essentially) equivalent to the curvature of space-time. This is generally considered more elegant and compact than Maxwell's equations. If memory serves, there were some guys from GE corporation who elucidated the tensor transformations in the context of rotating machines, in the physics literature of the 1920s or 1930s (I think). [Note that Weinberg and others went on to combine quantum electrodynamics and weak nuclear forces. And string people are (so far failing at) trying to combine all known forces in a geometric program not too dissimilar from what Einstein and others could only glimpse in the 1940s and 50s.]

"IF" an actual eternal consciousness truly exists, one thing it could never ever do is to personally experience a total cessation of conscious existence. And yet, that is the one very thing that we as humans, as well as many other species, cannot apparently ever escape. Coincidence? Maybe. Or maybe if an eternal consciously existent somethingness does in fact exist, maybe it's experiencing "conscious death" through us and conscious things that die. "If" true, could that connection be identified and utilized by us while we are yet consciously alive? BUT, "if" we don't truly have an actual eternal consciousness, then it will cease to exist one day from something. A cessation of consciousness that will last into a very real eternity. Life itself would just be an illusion from our human perspective as far as eternity would be concerned. Our true destiny would be to cease to exist and be forgotten. (Eternity being a really, really, long time, infinitely eternal).

is the audio relatively soft to anyone else?

R.I.P.

Which kind of picture would've appeared with his hands full of paint? 🎨

Occam's razor: The most probable scenario is probably the correct scenario. Note that it does not declare that it is the correct scenario, only that it is the most probably correct scenario. Further scientific analysis would be needed to confirm, change, or deny if that scenario is actually perceived to be true or not.

A lot of flaying about.

I think conciousness came out of the trials and tribulations of survival. Humanity has had to face many setbacks even to the point of extinction. So we have had to adapt in many ways in order to survive. Consciousness was an option that worked for us and allowed our species to move forward. If our environment was perfect for our survival in the past we would of carried on as animals do with no need for consciousness.

one things for sure, if anything happens to one's consciousness after death, ol' Marvin here knows what it is first hand, cause he's dead