It might just be easiest to postulate an immortal person and obfuscate the process entirely.
Also, I am trying to come up with a quick test to distinguish passive deathists from active deathists—ie, who would refuse an offered immortality potion, and who would vote against funding to develop an immortality potion? Who would say “I don’t want to live forever” and who would say “People shouldn’t live forever”? Arguments need to be tailored in different ways for these different types. Something like “How about you take the potion, and then if you actually do wake up one day and want to die, you can commit painless suicide?” for the passives and your “Would you vote for a policy of artificial death?” for the actives.
It might just be easiest to postulate an immortal person and obfuscate the process entirely.
Also, I am trying to come up with a quick test to distinguish passive deathists from active deathists—ie, who would refuse an offered immortality potion, and who would vote against funding to develop an immortality potion? Who would say “I don’t want to live forever” and who would say “People shouldn’t live forever”? Arguments need to be tailored in different ways for these different types. Something like “How about you take the potion, and then if you actually do wake up one day and want to die, you can commit painless suicide?” for the passives and your “Would you vote for a policy of artificial death?” for the actives.