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Re:How Doctors Die (2013) by ZephyrBlu on Saturday April 03, 2021 @11:31PM (#26686689)
You want to be immortal just to assuage your fear of dying? That seems like a bit of an overreaction.
Re:How Doctors Die (2013) by Aeolun on Sunday April 04, 2021 @12:06AM (#26686811)
Seems perfectly logical to me? I’d do it too. Getting tired of living and finding a way around immortality is a problem for future me.

If I can’t, then I’ll eventually go crazy and the effect is more or less the same.

Re:How Doctors Die (2013) by ZephyrBlu on Sunday April 04, 2021 @12:23AM (#26686867)
Well this is why I say it seems like a bit of an overreaction.

I think you're trading in your fear of dying for a far bigger problem.

Re:How Doctors Die (2013) by torgian on Sunday April 04, 2021 @12:00AM (#26686792)
Not really. I’d be immortal if I could.
Re:How Doctors Die (2013) by ZephyrBlu on Sunday April 04, 2021 @12:19AM (#26686846)
I would consider it as well, but not because I'm afraid of dying.

Rather because I think I would enjoy being able to learn about more things.

Wanting to be immortal specifically to escape death seems odd to me.

Re:How Doctors Die (2013) by pitaj on Sunday April 04, 2021 @01:18AM (#26687082)
Part of my fear of death is missing out on the future. Well I get to visit other planets? Will I get to see the resolution to quantum mechanics / relativity? Will I get to see extraterrestrial life? Will I get to see humanity spread among the stars?

I desperately want to see those things. And I'm extremely scared of missing out just because of how frail human bodies are.