photonic30

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   by photonic30 11y ago

   The disappearance of your experience is no gift, no matter how well you wrap it. I fail to understand how easily many people differentiate between near-term life extension (chemotherapy, beta blockers) and long-term life extension. The &quo
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   by photonic30 11y ago

   >First, visit a nursing home. How much is "not dying" worth? Not dying is hard to divorce from not aging, at least in any significant sense. This isn't an argument about a few extra years in exchange for extended morbidity
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   by photonic30 11y ago

   Furthermore, it is an impending erasure of your self. The way people talk about this "deadline", you'd think it's some sort of forced retirement after which you must be satisfied with the life career you've alread
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   by photonic30 11y ago

   Why must somebody be of benefit to society to deserve to live? Of what use are collected accomplishments if you cannot be conscious to enjoy them?
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   by photonic30 11y ago

   Aubrey de Grey calls it a trance. Since death is inevitable, we tend to bias our reasoning toward its meager positives, whereas if it were a choice, almost nobody would really choose to follow through with it, outside of religious reasons.