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It’s not their potential mortality. It is their mortality. Very real, and always imminent. Once it stops becoming a “potential” thing, and it’s accepted as rea
by 52-6F-62 4y ago
It’s not their potential mortality. It is their mortality. Very real, and always imminent.
Once it stops becoming a “potential” thing, and it’s accepted as reality, then you start making real choices.
The outcome is telling but not surprising. It’s among the oldest human wisdom.
- bqmjjx0kac 4y agoDoesn't everyone wonder if they're the first immortal to be born?
- gammarator 4y agoI have found no evidence against it to date
- tlholaday 4y agoAhh, "immortality" strictly defined. Mayhaps you have found evidence that you are not the earliest-born person to have eternal youth?
- clarge1120 4y agoYes, all the way until age 40. Then, reality.
- nebula8804 4y agoThat sounds like it is biased towards people who haven't lost their parents by age 40. For people (like me) who have lost a parent before hitting the age of 40 it becomes more real sooner.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoI assume clarge1120 meant that people feel immortal until 40 because their body generally does not stop them from doing things until one’s 40s.
- nebula8804 4y agoHmm it seemed unclear. I guess I am totally unlucky as im 35 and my body is already acting that way.
- im3w1l 4y agoWhy no, the first immortal was born months before me.
- ectopod 4y agoScientifically speaking, the human death rate is a surprisingly low 93%. This is the obvious calculation: the number of people who died divided by the number who were born.
- mLuby 4y agoIs being certain of one's im/mortality similar to the Halting Problem?