(March 23, 2015 at 4:09 pm)Smaug Wrote: By the way, you only don't fear death in four cases:
- you're so old that you don't really care any more
Well, I'm only 35, so that can't be it.
(March 23, 2015 at 4:09 pm)Smaug Wrote: - you don't actually face it
I stared it down and welcomed it, so that can't be it.
(March 23, 2015 at 4:09 pm)Smaug Wrote: - you're a fool
Despite my history of stupid decision making, I'm pretty sure that's not it.
(March 23, 2015 at 4:09 pm)Smaug Wrote: - you're a fanatic or a berserk or otherwise brainwashed
Nope, nope, and nope, so that's not it, either.
Fear of death isn't as hard to override as you seem to think. All it takes is the devaluing of one's existence. Constant struggle can do that easily.
But what do I know. They tell me I'm mentally ill(probably another category for you).
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
