Re:It's Getting Harder to Die
by Der_Einzige on Saturday June 29, 2024 @11:39AM
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A permanent solution to a temporary problem still leaves the problem solved.
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I usually say "No, death is not the solution, death just removes the problem.".
Re:It's Getting Harder to Die
by anonymouskimmer on Saturday June 29, 2024 @01:04PM
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What it does is replace your problem with problems for a bunch of other people.
I don't quite understand this. Postponing my death won't solve the problem; it's inevitable. The real question is, whose time takes priority—others' or mine?
Re:It's Getting Harder to Die
by anonymouskimmer on Saturday June 29, 2024 @02:12PM
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This is a good point. I guess the only counter argument is that, so far, in general, postponing elective death also leads to a bunch of solutions to other problems over the course of a life, even if the original problem is unsolvable.
People forget that the other problems are created by life itself. There is no way out by playing its game. You cannot escape the problem making machine by using it: it will only produce more problems.
But the truth is that I'm not convinced that death is the "the winning move is not playing it". You see death is life: in order to die you must be alive first.
That's why lately I'm thinking unconsciousness is the way out, but I'm not sure about that too.
Re:It's Getting Harder to Die
by anonymouskimmer on Saturday June 29, 2024 @04:24PM
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The end of the universe is created by pre-life physics. I think it's unknown to humanity at this point whether a sufficiently advanced technology can deal with that.
Re:It's Getting Harder to Die
by throwaway7ahgb on Sunday June 30, 2024 @09:11AM
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Louis CK has a great bit about suicide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr7z1YiAWiI
"It will solve all your problems... Once!"