I think that this essay failed to explained why death is bad. I will list some point to show that death is bad:
Death is end of existence, so any positive thing which is associated with life is also ending with death. If you like floweres, there is no flowers. There is full eternity without flowers.
Non existence itself is known to create existential fear. Moreover, non-existence after death can’t be proved, and there is a chance of suffering in some form of bad quantum immortality, there you can’t die. So we can’t advocate death as a way to stop sufferings.
Moments before death are often the most emotionally and physically painful for a person. Moreover they often include prolong periods of unbearable pain of unimaginary strong intensity. Cancer patients, death in fire and asphyxiation are known to cause unbearable sufferings.
Death mean that I can’t finish all my projects, and I will stop be usefulness as altruist
Death is loosing of information, biggest part of which is unique.
Death is unpredictable by its time and form, and thus is extreme burden for any planning.
Death of relatives create strong and long emotional sufferings.
Conversely, anything negative will also end. If you don’t like being depressed, there won’t be depression once you’re dead. There is full eternity without depression.
I guess you’re 2 was a counterargument to my 1. I need some literature on this, I don’t quite understand.
Human reactions to impeding doom don’t have to reflect on death. Reality doesn’t have to conform to our emotional reactions to it, after all. We can only come closer to understanding that reality, and if that requires understanding and accepting one’s own mortality, shouldn’t that be a priority? I mentioned the source regarding development stages because it seems children do NOT always innately understand death, it is an acquired knowledge, a milestone, according to this theory. So why learn the fear of death, which can cause so much emotional struggle in a person, instead of teaching death’s primary result: the termination of gene propagation for an individual.
Agreed.
Again, agreed.
Once more, agreed. though I suppose wills help with such planning to an extent, among other actions.
Conversely, if a relative is suffering from their illness, death can provide for a release from that suffering. This probably ties back into point 2.
Overall, agree that the essay failed to explain why death is bad. It also failed to explain why death is good. Hence it being an essay, it didn’t have purpose other than to put thoughts out into the open and rekindle discussion. My intention was to talk, not make claims.
I don’t think he was taking a stance on death as he stated the essay may not hold a position in the end.
Whose says death is bad? Only those who believe death is a bad thing.
The perspective of death lies within cultural context. Is it the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end?
Also #2, there might be a chance no suffering in some form of quantum immortality. And #3 there are such things as peaceful deaths too. I agree with #4 and #5 though. Losing information draws some setbacks unless their knowledge was recorded somewhere.
I think that this essay failed to explained why death is bad. I will list some point to show that death is bad:
Death is end of existence, so any positive thing which is associated with life is also ending with death. If you like floweres, there is no flowers. There is full eternity without flowers.
Non existence itself is known to create existential fear. Moreover, non-existence after death can’t be proved, and there is a chance of suffering in some form of bad quantum immortality, there you can’t die. So we can’t advocate death as a way to stop sufferings.
Moments before death are often the most emotionally and physically painful for a person. Moreover they often include prolong periods of unbearable pain of unimaginary strong intensity. Cancer patients, death in fire and asphyxiation are known to cause unbearable sufferings.
Death mean that I can’t finish all my projects, and I will stop be usefulness as altruist
Death is loosing of information, biggest part of which is unique.
Death is unpredictable by its time and form, and thus is extreme burden for any planning.
Death of relatives create strong and long emotional sufferings.
Conversely, anything negative will also end. If you don’t like being depressed, there won’t be depression once you’re dead. There is full eternity without depression.
I guess you’re 2 was a counterargument to my 1. I need some literature on this, I don’t quite understand.
Human reactions to impeding doom don’t have to reflect on death. Reality doesn’t have to conform to our emotional reactions to it, after all. We can only come closer to understanding that reality, and if that requires understanding and accepting one’s own mortality, shouldn’t that be a priority? I mentioned the source regarding development stages because it seems children do NOT always innately understand death, it is an acquired knowledge, a milestone, according to this theory. So why learn the fear of death, which can cause so much emotional struggle in a person, instead of teaching death’s primary result: the termination of gene propagation for an individual.
Agreed.
Again, agreed.
Once more, agreed. though I suppose wills help with such planning to an extent, among other actions.
Conversely, if a relative is suffering from their illness, death can provide for a release from that suffering. This probably ties back into point 2.
Overall, agree that the essay failed to explain why death is bad. It also failed to explain why death is good. Hence it being an essay, it didn’t have purpose other than to put thoughts out into the open and rekindle discussion. My intention was to talk, not make claims.
I don’t think he was taking a stance on death as he stated the essay may not hold a position in the end.
Whose says death is bad? Only those who believe death is a bad thing.
The perspective of death lies within cultural context. Is it the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end?
Also #2, there might be a chance no suffering in some form of quantum immortality. And #3 there are such things as peaceful deaths too. I agree with #4 and #5 though. Losing information draws some setbacks unless their knowledge was recorded somewhere.