On 22 Dec 2014, at 02:59, meekerdb wrote:
On 12/21/2014 11:40 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
There is a difference between fearing oblivion, and fearing having
a too much short life. That is why we find the death of our parents
very sad but somehow acceptable, and we find unbearable and
unconsolable with the death of a child.
That fear is your genes "fear" of not being propagated.
Not necessarily. You can still fear your son or daughter could die,
despite he/she has already a big family. What is sad with the death of
young people is that their life is shortened, and you have a feeling
of unfairness because you fell they could have realize many things.
Bruno
"Life is like this soup. Not only it is distasteful, but there is not
a lot of it" (Woody Allen)
Brent
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