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From what I've heard, it's relatively common in hospice care for people to ask to be "helped along" on their way out. All it takes is a little Xanax on top of a
by wayoutthere 7y ago
From what I've heard, it's relatively common in hospice care for people to ask to be "helped along" on their way out. All it takes is a little Xanax on top of a lot of morphine; and honestly it sounds like a pretty peaceful way to speed up the inevitable.
- GeorgeTirebiter 7y agoDeath is evil. It must be eradicated, like other nasty diseases. https://www.kurzweilai.net/death-is-an-outrage https://www.kurzweilai.net/death-is-an-outrage
- wayoutthere 7y agoI thought this was satire on first read, but given the context of Alcor (which makes its money cryogenically preserving heads), I'm not so sure. Without death, progress becomes impossible as power is concentrated in the people who were there first. Without death, consumption is infinite but resources are zero-sum. Without death, life for a young person becomes increasingly bleak. Bleak prospects for young people are how big, destructive, and deadly wars happen. So I don't think eliminating death through biological means would significantly reduce the number of deaths in the long run, it would just change the means.