RE: why is death painful?

From: Higgo James <james.higgo.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 09:54:12 +0100

I care because I can't see the big picture. If I could I wouldn't.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wei Dai [SMTP:weidai.domain.name.hidden]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 2:50 AM
> To: Higgo James
> Cc: 'everything-list.domain.name.hidden'
> Subject: Re: why is death painful?
>
> On Mon, Jun 07, 1999 at 10:15:45AM +0100, Higgo James wrote:
> > All good points, but if you look at the bigger picture, the universe is
> all
> > the same stuff, all numbers. The concept of 'my' is meaningless (or can
> you
> > show otherwise?), so caring about 'my measure' is foolish. Yes, our
> genes
> > would care, if they could care. So what?
>
> Are you saying nothing is worth caring about? Then why did you care enough
> to write this article? Or are you saying that we should only care about
> things that we can justify is worth caring about, and that we don't have
> such a justification for measure? If it is the latter, tell us what you
> do care about and justify them.
Received on Tue Jun 08 1999 - 01:55:26 PDT