Quote:As Welsh has noted..we ALL will die of something.
Indeed. However, I have become convinced that it is unlikely I will die of anything serious.
Science Denialism or False Hope?
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Quote:As Welsh has noted..we ALL will die of something. Indeed. However, I have become convinced that it is unlikely I will die of anything serious. (June 10, 2012 at 4:22 am)padraic Wrote:Quote:As Welsh has noted..we ALL will die of something. Then I'll drink to your continued "Good Health" pad! "The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
I believe it is morally wrong to give people false hope that at least some part of themselves (in particular their minds) will survive death. The world would be a lot different (dare I say) a better place if people adopted at most an agnostic position to our fates after we die.
Because science has showed that even our minds emerged out of our material perishable brains, that alone casts a lot of doubt on any kind of afterlife. Not to mention totally debunking the dualism (between a material body and immaterial mind or soul) which Christianity and other religions preach. However I can understand those who cant get any comfort out of the annihilation of our existence after our deaths. I will admit I cant get much comfort out of that.
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False hope. She should enjoy what time she has left with her family and friends, not waste time and money on pseudoscientific rubbish.
Well, if she's taking any homeopathic remedies she better not stop or she might overdose!
A good diet helps chemotherapy, anyway.
(June 9, 2012 at 8:26 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Hows about we hand her some fucking heroine? The money goes to bastards either way and she feels better. ^^exactly. if she's inoperable, just let her go out in comfort and stop money-grabbing. i said this once my grandmother passed from cancer spread all throughout her torso. the doctor lied to us, at her request, to not worry us with her condition. if i'd known she was days away, i woulda given her a boatload of atreet morphine to just feel better - since that's what she said is the only thing that helped her to feel no pain (and see the little birdies, which she loved).
they can land a rover on mars, yet they still have to stick a human finger up my ass to do a prostate exam?! - ricky gervais
I understand heroin spinal drips are available to the terminally ill in Canada.
If not,they should be.[everywhere] |
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