I wish more people would learn about cryonics. It's either 0 or something above zero probability.
I think you'll have better luck trying dark majycks to become a ghost personally.
… por que no los dos?
At 31, I have just weeks to live. Here's what I want to pass on
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#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes this argument could be repurposed into: if you are born in Africa there is no reason to live
Africa is a big continent, there is a wide difference in income and education level, from country to country and even inside each country. If you have some spare money to pay a refrigerator for 100 years, you are probably spoiled and want nice living conditions afterwards. Anyway, imagine you live outside a city and have only a small plot of land for subsistence. After the 100 years you don't have even the small plot…
> If you have some spare money to pay a refrigerator for 100 years, you are probably spoiled and want nice living conditions afterwards.
You'd want nice living conditions no matter what you're used to. I really don't understand your point.
Is it "nah, if I can't have netflix I'd rather just die"?
People are very adaptable. What happened more than three months ago doesn't seem to affect your happiness.
So absolute worst case you are thawed out (because you paid for it), but are now completely broke and unemployable, there is zero social safety net or UBI, and no chance for you to even steal food. You are 100% certain to starve to death. So kill yourself then? At least your got a brief glimse of how it all turned out.
I'd rather be alive and work for food in a circus as "the millennial man" than die and do nothing.
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#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think you're right - according to category theory, only relationships of the objects matter, not the objects themselves.
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For what it's worth, you asserted above that you are not rude, but telling a stranger they sound like a sociopath is generally considered rude. It may genuinely be that you have transcended social norms, but the rest of us haven't, and I'm afraid you're dealing with the rest of us!
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#84Has anyone else read “Tripping Over the Truth: The Metabolic Theory of Cancer”?
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#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
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For what it's worth, you asserted above that you are not rude, but telling a stranger they sound like a sociopath is generally considered rude. It may genuinely be that you have transcended social norms, but the rest of us haven't, and I'm afraid you're dealing with the rest of us!
Why is this considered rude instead of stating an opinion?
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#87The nicest bit for me was where he talked about growing old being a privilege and not to lament every grey hair and wrinkle. Puts it in perspective.
As I often say, "Growing old sucks, but it is better than the alternative."*
*I can't take credit. I got it from someone else, but I don't remember who.
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#88The nicest bit for me was where he talked about growing old being a privilege and not to lament every grey hair and wrinkle. Puts it in perspective.
As I often say, "Growing old sucks, but it is better than the alternative."* *I can't take credit. I got it from someone else, but I don't remember who.
Well admittedly when you get older you tend to forget these things. :)
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#89“All that is mine, beloved and pleasing, will become otherwise and will become separated from me”— Siddhartha Gautama. As a Buddhist we do “contemplation of death” meditation on a regular basis. It involves imagining our last few hours on our deathbed. It is a wonderful exercise to help put things in context. It makes you behave differently towards people you meet, even strangers.
I have spent hours mediating in graveyards. Also helpful is the mediation on the 32 parts of the body to help you loosen your attachment. https://www.imsb.org/contemplating-the-32-parts-of-the-body/
Elliot Dallen said: "Life is for enjoyment."
True. In other words you shouldn't do the 32 body parts contemplation if you are not yet ready to drop attachment to life enjoyments.
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#90I recently came across a quote that was en eye opener.
"Its better to be grateful than to be regretful."