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There's at least one thing that really fascinate me about death. That is that there's no way (as far as I can tell) for natural selection to "improve" how we d
by perpetualcrayon 9y ago
There's at least one thing that really fascinate me about death.
That is that there's no way (as far as I can tell) for natural selection to "improve" how we die. My guess is death is the most diverse experience amongst all living things.
EDIT: Even without factoring in the idea that there are so many experiences that cause death.
- duckwheat 9y agoIf the way a creature died reduced the fitness of relatives, it could definitely be selected against.
- perpetualcrayon 9y agoThat's true. I'm talking about that moment (or period of time) while your body is no longer your own and it's "transitioning" to death. That experience that a person has I am thinking could possibly be the most diverse of all experiences among living creatures. I wonder how could your DNA know how to alter that part of your life experience? And how could any of us really compare and contrast to know whether that is or isn't true, and / or select our partner according to how past relatives experienced death? There are "near death experiences", but how similar is their experience to the actual experience of dying?