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> They only have a year or so left to live." This just isn't a discussion that is had with people. Except doctors. Doctors refuse life extending treatments at

> They only have a year or so left to live." This just isn't a discussion that is had with people. Except doctors. Doctors refuse life extending treatments at a much higher rate than general population of patients.

throwawayboise 6y ago
I'm with them. I have no desire to transfer my assets to an already-wealthy bunch of doctors and healthcare conglomerates in exchange for dragging out the inevitable.
- mike_d 6y ago
  You are currently thinking with the rational part of your brain. Find a 4-5 story parking garage and stand up on the edge. That part of your brain that kicks in and tells you to get back down to safety will also tell you to pour every cent you have in to buying a few more weeks.
  - throwawayboise 6y ago
    I'm pretty sure you're wrong, but time will tell I guess. I've already watched both my parents die of the inevitable effects of getting old, and I have pretty firm ideas about what parts of that process I want to avoid for myself.
  - majormajor 6y ago
    > Find a 4-5 story parking garage and stand up on the edge. That part of your brain that kicks in and tells you to get back down to safety will also tell you to pour every cent you have in to buying a few more weeks. This can change when there is no "back to normal" available. When your quality of life is shot and you know that tomorrow won't be better than today. In a suicidal person who jumps off that building we consider this a tragedy because there's usually no physical reason that those feelings couldn't have passed, why their life couldn't have been normal again. But in someone with a terminal condition and a body that's just done... and especially if they're well informed about the realities of their medical condition... yes, there can be things you care about more than throwing every cent you have into extending the pain.
    - necovek 6y ago
      A person who's in such a state usually does not have the physical ability to do this. But I think there's truth to both points, and every single case will be different. I believe the only blocker to allowing euthanasia in the developed world is a potential for abuse.

throwawayboise 6y ago

I'm with them. I have no desire to transfer my assets to an already-wealthy bunch of doctors and healthcare conglomerates in exchange for dragging out the inevitable.

mike_d 6y ago
You are currently thinking with the rational part of your brain. Find a 4-5 story parking garage and stand up on the edge. That part of your brain that kicks in and tells you to get back down to safety will also tell you to pour every cent you have in to buying a few more weeks.
- throwawayboise 6y ago
  I'm pretty sure you're wrong, but time will tell I guess. I've already watched both my parents die of the inevitable effects of getting old, and I have pretty firm ideas about what parts of that process I want to avoid for myself.
- majormajor 6y ago
  > Find a 4-5 story parking garage and stand up on the edge. That part of your brain that kicks in and tells you to get back down to safety will also tell you to pour every cent you have in to buying a few more weeks. This can change when there is no "back to normal" available. When your quality of life is shot and you know that tomorrow won't be better than today. In a suicidal person who jumps off that building we consider this a tragedy because there's usually no physical reason that those feelings couldn't have passed, why their life couldn't have been normal again. But in someone with a terminal condition and a body that's just done... and especially if they're well informed about the realities of their medical condition... yes, there can be things you care about more than throwing every cent you have into extending the pain.
  - necovek 6y ago
    A person who's in such a state usually does not have the physical ability to do this. But I think there's truth to both points, and every single case will be different. I believe the only blocker to allowing euthanasia in the developed world is a potential for abuse.