Thinking of death

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

You have a point and even sitll the worst part the eventual heat death of the universe is going to suck for everything.

With luck and care, I may just possibly live for another 50 years. In that time frame, I find it difficult to worry overmuch about the heat death of the universe.

Boru

[One Above All]

Death is a necessity for life to exist. Without it, resources would become depleted even more rapidly than they are now. It's also inevitable, as everything will die, eventually, including the universe. Worrying about it seems pointless. I understand wanting to do more, but the reality is our time is limited. We can't do everything.

[FreeTony]

This Jellyfish is quite interesting in that it can theoretically live forever:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis_dohrnii

[Cinjin]

I would never want to live forever. How awful a thing it would be to never die.

Imagine you had 100 trillion years to explore the universe, coming to the end of that and realizing that you had only used up one second of eternity. No thanks. Death is what makes life so god damn beautiful. The bell rings for us all and when mine comes, it comes. Contemplating it only leads to sorrow.

[robvalue]

Right, no frickin way. Enforced eternal existence is one of my worst nightmares. If I can clock out when I want, then sure.

[comet]

SO it doesn't bother me anymore i won't be "dead" my consciousness will longer exist but on a subatomic level on a particle level ill still be there just not conscious. I mean were all made up of the most fundamental building blocks and even still what matter really is just energy in a physical form. I mean death is supposed to be sorrowful and saddening but truth is we don't truly die but.. on a conscious level we do. Its hard to word this but... we never truly die in a sense we were dead before we were alive and then we check back out. But yeah i mean we only have a limited amount of time on this planet is what truly saddens me all this memories and moments will be stripped away from me and even my consciousness in my final moments... but we all have to accept that i guess.

"something" is more probable than "no-nothing". That's simple enough. But I won't around after the "I" is dead anymore than the 5yr old me is today. But then again "something" from that kid is still here. It comes down to the notion of smart people know what they don't know. stupid people think all they see "is as they see it".

[dyresand]

If it makes anyone feel anymore better Hawking pretty much said it again recent heaven doesn't exist.

[Norman Humann]

Death is a pretty comforting idea when put into perspective. When you consider that all of the things you're worried sick about won't matter in the slightest after you're dead, it makes life more enjoyable.
Same as when you realise that, metaphorically speaking, you're a tiny bacteria crawling on a tiny meatball in the big bowl of cosmic spaghetti.

I like the idea that my life will end. Living forever would drive anyone insane. Like all good things, it has to end.

Also I think the prospect of an afterlife takes away the values of actual life. Heaven makes life seem like a demo version and that may prevent people from living it to the fullest.
Booking a spot in the fantasy VIP club is a terrible waste of the precious time we have here, IMO.

[robvalue]

Belief in an afterlife amounts to saying, "Death is not acceptable!"

Well, too bad. Making stuff up doesn't change the facts.

[LastPoet]

I would never want to live forever. How awful a thing it would be to never die.

Imagine you had 100 trillion years to explore the universe, coming to the end of that and realizing that you had only used up one second of eternity. No thanks. Death is what makes life so god damn beautiful. The bell rings for us all and when mine comes, it comes. Contemplating it only leads to sorrow.

Ha, that is you speaking, I intend to live forever