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The Future of Aging Just Might Be in Margaritaville

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Post by undersuit »

yters wrote: post #55

Another thing we should try is learning to not be afraid of death. If we aren't afraid of death, then getting old is not such a big deal. Atheists have no reason to fear death, because then there is nothing. Religious people only have to fear death if they are living in a way they know is wrong. So, best bet is to live consistent with the majority of lasting world religions, and either there is nothing or there is bl…

I'm an atheist. I fear death because that means I stop discovering. You can't discover nothing.

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Post by JoeAltmaier »

undersuit wrote: post #81
yters wrote: post #55

Another thing we should try is learning to not be afraid of death. If we aren't afraid of death, then getting old is not such a big deal. Atheists have no reason to fear death, because then there is nothing. Religious people only have to fear death if they are living in a way they know is wrong. So, best bet is to live consistent with the majority of lasting world religions, and either there is nothing or there is bl…

I'm an atheist. I fear death because that means I stop discovering. You can't discover nothing.

It's a singularity - there's no 'you' to do anything, so its not quite right to say what 'you' will be doing after death? 0/0

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Post by JoeAltmaier »

yters wrote: post #55

Another thing we should try is learning to not be afraid of death. If we aren't afraid of death, then getting old is not such a big deal. Atheists have no reason to fear death, because then there is nothing. Religious people only have to fear death if they are living in a way they know is wrong. So, best bet is to live consistent with the majority of lasting world religions, and either there is nothing or there is bl…

Don't be fooled by this sophistry. As a smart guy said once, "It's not that I fear death; I just don't want to be there when it happens".

Another lady of my acquaintance said "Old age is not for the timid". There's plenty to fear about getting old.

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Post by mixmastamyk »

adrianN wrote: post #48
mixmastamyk wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably assume it will simply delay the inevitable.

Death is inevitable, senescence is not. There is not reason to believe that humans can't live in the bodies of healthy twenty year olds until they're killed in an accident or the universe runs out of usable negentropy.

That would change everything. We’d no longer be able to have kids. Otherwise, have to deal with severe overpopulation.

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Post by gbersac »

nubbins wrote: post #4
coldcode wrote: post #2

I may be in that demographic, but I prefer to be around young people (I volunteer a lot with youth). Being around nothing but old people all day would make me old and depressed. I prefer to be around the future not the past.

I would think most peoples ideal is to live in healthy natural commmunities with a diverse age range to get wisdom and tradition from the old and energy and new ideas from the young.

For wisdom, there is books. Old people does not equal wisdom. Quite the opposite sometime. I feel like we give too much credit to old people and what they have to say.
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