Death

[CurtSibling]

Death is merely an end of this physical phase, and the release of our psychic energies into the next phase of existence.

Or...

The end of an ancestor simulation we AI-beings are obliged to use, in order to remember our obsolete biological selves.

 

[abradley]

Ah I see, well he is forgiving, right?

Right, uh ... maybe?

 

[Narz]

I think his point was that the guy writing notes to his future self is not necessarily you, because you are the sum of all your experiences, and if they're gone, there might be still a person, but it would be hard to argue that it is the exact same person as before. it's essentially a different person in the same body, because everything that shaped that person is gone. the same goes for extreme cases of alzheimers, or indeed death itself.

now I wouldn't necessarily say that what makes or breaks a being, or a person, is merely his memories and past experiences, but it certainly is the driving factor behind shaping your personality and identity.

The self is an illusion anyway, the I that woke up today is a different dude than yesterday and way different from ten years ago.

 

[Thorgalaeg]

The self is an illusion anyway, the I that woke up today is a different dude than yesterday and way different from ten years ago.

Different but very similar.

 

[AdamCrock]

You don't want to become immortal !!! because ... science ! : (here's why actually \/ and I pretty much agree on that)

 

[cardgame]

The self is an illusion anyway, the I that woke up today is a different dude than yesterday and way different from ten years ago.

Can confirm, I am a completely different person in a lot of big ways from just 8 years ago. Past me wouldn't recognize present me.

 

[Kaitzilla]

Rush Limbaugh (69) has advanced stage lung cancer.

Very dangerous because the lungs don't feel pain, so you don't know you have a problem until it is a very serious problem.

Might be losing an arch-conservative by the end of the year if it spreads or if his heart can't take the poisonous chemo.

It is what got Queen Elizabeth's father I think.

Rush might get lucky though.
Alex Trebek had stage 4 pancreatic cancer and that was like 98% fatal.

 

[Birdjaguar]

I heard that too.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Alex Trebek had stage 4 pancreatic cancer and that was like 98% fatal.

He had a turn for the worse after what seemed to be a remission.

 

[PPQ_Purple]

You don't want to become immortal !!! because ... science ! : (here's why actually \/ and I pretty much agree on that)

This video is just incredibly stupid. I mean, seriously, the idea that you don't want to live 1000's of years just because eventually when you do die it's likely to be an accident or something similar is just mental.

 

[AdamCrock]

This video is just incredibly stupid. I mean, seriously, the idea that you don't want to live 1000's of years just because eventually when you do die it's likely to be an accident or something similar is just mental.

IMO it's not that stupid. It depends on the point of view. Wonder what would really be brain's breaking point of memory capacity, would You go mental , psychotic ? IMO You'd probably forget who You were after a couple of hundreds. Also Your death would most probably be by an accident, murder or perhaps (due to mental condition) suicide which is never pleasant.

 

[PPQ_Purple]

IMO it's not that stupid. It depends on the point of view. Wonder what would really be brain's breaking point of memory capacity, would You go mental , psychotic ? IMO You'd probably forget who You were after a couple of hundreds. Also Your death would most probably be by an accident, murder or perhaps (due to mental condition) suicide which is never pleasant.

But the tradeoff is that you get all those centuries of a presumably happy life to live through. And that is just too good of a trade. So what if I die in a moment of absolute maximum possible agony imaginable? Even that would be but a moment compared to the life I could lead in the time given.

 

[Kaitzilla]

He had a turn for the worse after what seemed to be a remission.

Cancer sucks.
Even if you beat it there are the odds to face.
https://xkcd.com/931/

A 36 year old hockey player in peak physical condition (6ft4 - 215lbs) who played in over 1000 NHL games dropped last week.
Thankfully they were able to shock his convulsing heart into beating normally again.

A heart attack is 50/50 death rate I think and gets better towards a 10% death rate if medical attention is applied promptly.
Crazy to see it happen to a guy 9th on the NHL's Ironman list. (Consecutive games played)

 

[El_Machinae]

Cancer sucks.
Even if you beat it there are the odds to face.
https://xkcd.com/931/

It's the enemy. I wish we'd treat it that way with more than words.

 

[Kaitzilla]

Here is a neat painting that (kind of) ages as you walk around it.

And here is the real life version
20 years is 7305 days.

 

[IglooDame]

Can confirm, I am a completely different person in a lot of big ways from just 8 years ago. Past me wouldn't recognize present me.

But you're, ah, on the extreme end of the spectrum in that respect, yes?

And I'm probably on the other end of the spectrum. I've certainly changed a lot since, say, high school, but it's more mindset and becoming comfortable in my own skin, rather than that skin changing substantially.

 

[PPQ_Purple]

But you're, ah, on the extreme end of the spectrum in that respect, yes?

If he is than he is definitively not alone. Looking back at my self in roughly 4-10 year intervals I always have to wonder who the hell was that person and how the hell it became me.

 

[Birdjaguar]

And here is the real life version
20 years is 7305 days.

Very cool. Some observations:

• He likes flannel shirts
• He needs a comb or hairbrush
• His eyes, nose and mouth hardly change at all
• He did upgrade his home? over time.

 

[MaryKB]

My grandmother died this morning, I am devastated. I was close with her, she did a lot for me, I used to live with her. I was really taken by surprise, I thought she'd easily live another 20 years.

I'm not handling this well right now.

 

[Birdjaguar]

My grandmother died this morning, I am devastated. I was close with her, she did a lot for me, I used to live with her. I was really taken by surprise, I thought she'd easily live another 20 years.

I'm not handling this well right now.

I'm sorry Mary. God be with you.


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