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Why?
by gnu8 15y ago
Why?
- sliverstorm 15y agoAgreed, where does this "must" come from?
- kiba 15y agoDeath is wrong.
- gnu8 15y agoIt's not though, death is natural and inevitable. There are also practical considerations: if death is eliminated, we must stop reproduction too.
- kiba 15y agoIt's not though, death is natural and inevitable You committed the naturalistic fallacy. Also, inevitability isn't a justification for bad things happening. There are also practical considerations: if death is eliminated, we must stop reproduction too. I would prioritize existing lives over the yet to be born.
- rayiner 15y ago> I would prioritize existing lives over the yet to be born. From an evolutionary point of view that makes very little sense.
- ugh 15y agoWhat? How's that relevant?
- gnaritas 15y agoEvolution has no desire to make sense, it's a blind natural process with no intent or point of view. From a human point of view, what he said makes perfect sense.
- loup-vaillant 15y agoPlus, that is again a naturalistic fallacy.
- adrianN 15y agoInsulin and antibiotics also make very little sense from that point of view.
- joelrunyon 15y agoI don't understand this line of thinking. Even in startup culture, it makes sense that some business (existing lives) have to die in order for new business models (those yet to be born) to emerge. What's to say that the existing lives won't hinder growth that would happen from new lives being born and re-imagining the world that everyone is used to?
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- nickmain 15y agoFear is wrong. Fear of death is wrong.
- loup-vaillant 15y ago> Fear is wrong. Oh yeah?. I suppose you wouldn't be afraid of jumping off a cliff, then? Most of the time, fear is very, very useful. Don't underestimate it. Now, fear of death specifically might be wrong. But fear of whatever causes death sure is not.
- Danieru 15y agoYou're right. Death should be illegal. I suggest capital punishment.
- darkft 15y agoNice to see someone that shares my viewpoint. I wrote an essay about death: http://beyond-impossible.blogspot.com/2012/02/atheism-death-and-afterlife.html http://beyond-impossible.blogspot.com/2012/02/atheism-death-... Let me know if find it interesting (or not :))
- sliverstorm 15y agoOn what grounds?
- loup-vaillant 15y agoWhy not! The article is absolutely right that right now and for at least a few decades, we have to live with death. It does not mean however that death is a good thing. I mean, who would want to die when they live a life worth living? And who would want their life to stop being worth living? (And no, I don't buy the saying that says live is meaningful only because it eventually stops.)