Death

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-07-24 04:48pm

I'm not going to die yet. No not until I reach...

*Star Trek Next Gen theme opens*

Space...the Final Frontier..

*Dum dum dum dum, dum dee dum, da da da dum dee dum da da da dum*

Yeah, death is a creepy thing. Nothingness; empty cold oblivion. Gives me the shivers.

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2003-07-24 04:50pm

I didn't fear death when i was single but now the I am married and have a child fear not being able to grow old with my wife and not being able to see my son age.

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2003-07-24 05:51pm

thecreech wrote:I didn't fear death when i was single but now the I am married and have a child fear not being able to grow old with my wife and not being able to see my son age.

Right now I don't fear death. I'm afraid about how I'll die but not death itself. But that point would be moot should I get married. If I was married then I'd be afraid to die.

Johonebesus · Post by **Johonebesus** » 2003-07-24 06:26pm

SHODAN wrote:
Johonebesus wrote:Even if it does become possible to restore frozen people, what makes you think future generations will have any inclination to do so? Why would they want another mouth to feed? If they do revive you, it will probably be only because of labor shortages, so you will just end up a slave.
Corporations dont work that way. You'll be dutifully revived since that is what you have paid for.

That's assuming:

A. the corporation doesn't go belly-up at some point

B. the corporation chooses to honor its agreement (what besides honor would motivate it to?)

C. there is a mechanism to ensure the corporation will honor the agreement, either some kin who will want you revived or strict legal enforcement

D. there is not some significant social revolution or change that either nullifies the agreement or destroys the corporation (such as a future government outlawing the revival of frozen corpses, or a widespread social disgust at the thought, or significant overcrowding)

All in all, I think there are too many ways you could get screwed over. It seems to me more likely that you will never get revived. The gamble just isn't worth the cost, especially since it is possible that your "self" is the product of the continuous function of the brain, so that if all brain activity is completely halted, you will cease to exist and whatever is revived will be no more than a recreation of you. Better to spend the money on charities, or if you want to take it with you, a big marble grave stone.