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The odds are exceedingly high that you will die. Maybe we'll figure out some form of immortality, but it's overwhelmingly likely that we'll do no more than dela
by jdietrich 10y ago
The odds are exceedingly high that you will die. Maybe we'll figure out some form of immortality, but it's overwhelmingly likely that we'll do no more than delay the inevitable. It is absolutely certain that you will experience disease and suffering.
The transhumanistic attitude of "let's look for solutions to death rather than accepting it" is a form of avoidant coping, little different to religious beliefs about the afterlife. Maybe you'll live forever in the singularity, but you'll almost certainly suffer and die and rot. It's better to contemplate that probability now, rather than on your death bed.
- taneq 10y agoIf I can avoid suffering, dying and rotting until I'm on my deathbed sometime in the far future, then that sounds like a pretty good idea to me. Better yet if I can delay it until a time of my own choosing rather than being yanked out of existence "when my time comes".
- oever 10y ago> The odds are exceedingly high that you will die. A rough calculation shows that 5-10% of all people that were ever born are still alive.