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by d4adb33f 3451 days ago
>> You do not need your body after you are dead.

> How do you know? Have you ever been dead? Do you know any people who have died?

As soon as anybody comes back from the dead to object, I'll reconsider my opinion. Until then I have no cause to believe that I or anybody else will need their body after we are dead. The living, however, most certainly do.

>> This is good for society.

> You don't know that either, unless you know the future. In this particular case, you can't rely on the past either.

Of course I know it's good for society: less people die due to donor organs. That's not up for debate. This will not change in the future either, until we can grow our own spare parts.