On 2 June 2014 13:20, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/1/2014 5:55 PM, LizR wrote: > > On 2 June 2014 11:16, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 6/1/2014 2:18 PM, LizR wrote: >> >> On 2 June 2014 07:05, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 6/1/2014 9:09 AM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: >>> >>> The philosopher is a good guy, but not as good as atheist, Hans Moravec, >>> or the highly, unusal, Roman Catholic, Frank Tipler, or back to atheists >>> again, Ray Kurzweil. Sam is a permanent death kind of guy. Meh, unto that. >>> >>> Sounds like you base your opinion of people's ideas on whether they are >>> congenial to your wish to live forever. >>> >> >> A lot of people do that. >> >> "Forwards into oblivion!" just doesn't cut it for some people. Can't >> say I find it too appealing myself, but if it's the only game in town... >> >> But have you really considered the alternative...forward to eternity >> and beyond? >> >> Thank you, Buzz Lightyear! > > I'm not sure I understand your question, though. Obviously the > alternative has been considered quite extensively in fiction, and to some > extent on this forum. But perhaps you're trying to make a point and I'm > being my usual dense self and missing it. I know I can't always assume that > you starting a reply with "But" means I should look at it for a possible > objection, because often you start with "But" and then agree with me. So > please explain what you mean. > > > It's that you might find it more appealing compared to the alternative. >
One might. As I said, this has been dealt with extensively in fiction, to take a random example in the last chapter of "A history of the world in 10 1/2 chapters". Geneally the problem is boredom, something that doesn't come up with reincarnation - or being absorbed into the overmind, I imagine. It's all very well to say one might prefer oblivion to eternal life in the abstract, but like most people I wouldn't be too happy if someone pointed a gun at me and said "prepare to die!" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
