I know we mostly just fear the pain that is associated with death but do we also fear not existing and if so why?
i don't fear not existing. i just wish i could experience the happiness I never had
It's just hardwired into our biology to want to survive, just like a car engine is gonna try to keep running no matter how much you abuse it
I lean more towards being afraid with the pain associated with dying. Some say that dying to pneumonia in an old age isn't painful but I've no idea
Same. I wish I could be living the life I want and not rotting. The fact that after death, there likely is no afterlife and this was it bothers me because I didn't get a chance to do so many happy things essential to a decent life
True but why is it hardwired into our biology? I have a theory on that actually but I have some doubts on whether it could be true or not
Same. I guess knowing you only had one shot at life and it got wasted is what is truly sad
Organisms are designed to want to survive. It's how species keep going. Just like car engines are made to create rotational energy and do anything possible to keep going.
Make a thread about it sometime and tag me in it.
Our mind (DNA's trickery) will keep us addicted to life, to ensure or increase the chances of DNA's own survival (via fucking).
I will
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Ego
Speak for yourself id love to die painlessly
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Survival Instinct hardcoded into our genes
we are just animals afterall
we are just animals afterall
I'd rather not exist in the current jewed era
Maybe it is more appropriate to ask what does it mean to not exist? How can you be sure that you already don’t exist?
Descartes’ classical argument for the existence of knowledge was “I think, therefore I am”. But what if you no longer were to think, or what if “you” were to no longer exist as “you”
If “you” were to not exist, you cannot prove that you don’t exist, since there would be no “you” to corroborate your own non-existence
Also if you could no longer “think”, then by Descartes’ rationale for knowledge, you cannot prove that “you” exist even if "you" did exist, since you would lack a fundamental quality that is required for you to prove your own existence – The ability to think
Overall the point is there would be no way for you to validate your own non-existence if you were to not exist. In the end, it means non-existence can never be confirmed. If you were to “stop existing”, you couldn’t possibly confirm that you don’t or didn't exist. You can only ascertain your own existence. You cannot ascertain your own non-existence. Perhaps you could hypothesize your own non-existence, or you could merely declare that you don't exist. But you can never be certain that "you" (i.e., a being with the ability to think) do not exist.
So instead of you to say “Why do we fear not existing?”, it would be more appropriate to say “Why do we fear the unknown?”, or “Why do we fear what we are not certain of?”
Descartes’ classical argument for the existence of knowledge was “I think, therefore I am”. But what if you no longer were to think, or what if “you” were to no longer exist as “you”
If “you” were to not exist, you cannot prove that you don’t exist, since there would be no “you” to corroborate your own non-existence
Also if you could no longer “think”, then by Descartes’ rationale for knowledge, you cannot prove that “you” exist even if "you" did exist, since you would lack a fundamental quality that is required for you to prove your own existence – The ability to think
Overall the point is there would be no way for you to validate your own non-existence if you were to not exist. In the end, it means non-existence can never be confirmed. If you were to “stop existing”, you couldn’t possibly confirm that you don’t or didn't exist. You can only ascertain your own existence. You cannot ascertain your own non-existence. Perhaps you could hypothesize your own non-existence, or you could merely declare that you don't exist. But you can never be certain that "you" (i.e., a being with the ability to think) do not exist.
So instead of you to say “Why do we fear not existing?”, it would be more appropriate to say “Why do we fear the unknown?”, or “Why do we fear what we are not certain of?”
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Animals are too retarded to even understand the concept of death
Well, that is wrong
Makes sense honestly. Yes really why do we fear the unknown? Its certainly something to think about
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I wish I didn't exist at all.sleep is the closest thing to death and I love it
I can't even sleep right. Major night owl and my body wakes me up after 4-4.5 hours almost every time, and it's hard to fall asleep again. I only slept from 6:30 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. today, and feel like shit from the lack of sleep. Insomnia heas definitely shorten my lifespan a lot already and made my life so much worse. Do you sleep straight through? I only slept straight through 2 times in almost 3 years.
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