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by lmz 4267 days ago
My position sees death as a permanent zero. If your life is continually in the negatives and you have to work every day to keep it there then putting it at zero permanently without any more effort required seems a good deal to me.
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JoeAltmaier 4267 days ago
Death is not really a zero. There's nobody left to do the measuring. Its more like a singularity?

Its a curious notion that folks dwell on about what its like after death. How about - you won't be there? The question is nonsense.

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lmz 4267 days ago
Well maybe the words chosen are wrong. I agree that there would be no "me" left to do the measuring. In death there would also be no "me" left to measure things and find it is negative either.
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JoeAltmaier 4267 days ago
Right; so it can't be seen as a solution to suffering, right? Because you won't be suffering or not-suffering; you won't 'be' at all. Its not an answer, because the question is nonsensical at that point.

The only question worth considering is: how do I get from negative to positive? And the answer is: if the problem is external, then change your situation (move to Mexico; change your name; go plant potatoes in Idaho; whatever). If its internal, harder. You have to change yourself.

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