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I've never understood this fear. We experience nothingness every time we fall asleep, or go under anesthesia. The only difference with death is we never wake u
by maroonblazer 5y ago
I've never understood this fear. We experience nothingness every time we fall asleep, or go under anesthesia.
The only difference with death is we never wake up. I find that comforting.
- killingtime74 5y agoI think in both your examples there’s an expectation you’ll wake up
- maroonblazer 5y agoSure, but that has no bearing on fearing the experience of death itself.
- oh_sigh 5y agoI'm sure von Neumann might have said something similar for 50 years before his death. It might hit different when you're told you have 30 days left if you're lucky.