Glen wrote:
The trick is whether the _cattle_ who are heading toward their slaughter are self-aware enough to understand that they're going to die Point taken. But, you know. Just to wax philosophical in exactly the sense that enrages Doug, I don't think we know our own death's, do we? We know bereavement, we know illness and pain and decline, but we don't know death. So, when the Death Escort accompanies me to the Doors of Death, s/he will not know any more about where I am going than the Judas Steer. There is, so far as I know, no point of view that is the point of view of the dead. I always fantasize that the hardest thing about being told one is going to die in N weeks is what to do in the meantime, given that I have no future. (Speaks the true Apollonian; no Dionysian I) Now, that's where a Death Escort might come in handy. Being a diabetic, I plan to eat a lot of hot-fudge sundaes, but beyond that I have no plans. Nick -----Original Message----- From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of glen Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 1:07 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] bursting the placebo bubble Nicholas Thompson wrote at 04/25/2013 12:02 PM: > A question for the person who speaks of escorting somebody into death. > I confess, being old, I quite like the concept. But I guess we have > to remember that such an escort is always a Judas steer. I could not disagree with you more. We're _all_ going to die. You may not believe that, but it's true. The trick is whether the _cattle_ who are heading toward their slaughter are self-aware enough to understand that they're going to die and that they have some control over how it happens. That's nothing like a judas steer. -- =><= glen e. p. ropella I'm seeing nowhere through the eyes of a lie ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe <http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com> http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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