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A Choice....
May 13, 2014 at 12:09 pm
(This post was last modified: May 13, 2014 at 12:10 pm by RaisdCath.)
OK....here's one for y'all.....
You now have a choice....you must choose one or the other of the options below.
1. You may know the exact date and time of your death, but not the nature or cause.
2. You may know the exact nature and cause of your death, but not the date and time.
Rules: you cannot alter the facts, circumstances, or change the results of your choice in any way. And it cannot be avoided.
The choices are unalterable and you may select only one.
OK....have at it.
What's your choice.....and why?
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RE: A Choice....
May 13, 2014 at 12:18 pm
Tough call. Number 1 gives you a timeframe for your life, so you can live it up and you know how long you have. But that's always hanging over your head. Number 2 doesn't give you a deadline to dread, but if I'm going to die in some gruesome way that's definitely not something I'd want to know.
I think I'd go with number 2. I'd rather not know when it was coming.
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RE: A Choice....
May 13, 2014 at 12:38 pm
I already have this information. I will die at the age of 103; shot in the back by a jealous teenage husband.
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RE: A Choice....
May 13, 2014 at 12:46 pm
Number two.
Despite your rules, knowing the circumstances might allow me to avoid certain things. For example, if I know I die in a skydiving accident, I could avoid skydiving.
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RE: A Choice....
May 13, 2014 at 12:50 pm
Number 1.
It allows for the best usage of available funds.
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RE: A Choice....
May 13, 2014 at 12:53 pm
(This post was last modified: May 13, 2014 at 12:56 pm by MJ the Skeptical.)
(May 13, 2014 at 12:09 pm)RaisdCath Wrote: OK....here's one for y'all.....
You now have a choice....you must choose one or the other of the options below.
1. You may know the exact date and time of your death, but not the nature or cause.
2. You may know the exact nature and cause of your death, but not the date and time.
Rules: you cannot alter the facts, circumstances, or change the results of your choice in any way. And it cannot be avoided.
The choices are unalterable and you may select only one.
OK....have at it.
What's your choice.....and why?
Both choices are identical in result to me. Maybe I'd choose #2 since it would seem to serve as better prevention of that specifically predicted death.
This hypothetical literally doesn't matter. I'd be able to alter the chances of dying in whatever way I was predicted to die, just by knowing the specific nature of how I die or when and how I die.
If the hypothetical idea of an afterlife means more to you than the objectively true reality we all share, then you deserve no respect.
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RE: A Choice....
May 13, 2014 at 2:37 pm
Neither. I want to be surprised.
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