There's a documentary on how our society is getting older due to medical advances and whether it is a good or bad thing. How old do you want to live to? Are you going to pay for all medical treatments that will save your life or live naturally and if there was an event that would kill you would you want to be brought back to life? And if so what if you were brought back in an less enjoyable existence? What if you were in a coma or didn't know who you are? Is it really worth it to live so long?
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What was the documentary called?
Ennaybur
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Longer life spans coupled with low birth rates is a catastrophe in my opinion. Leaving aside the fact that I think it will be a really depressing place to be when a huge proportion of the population is over 65 economically it will be a disaster. Either the younger generation are going to be taxed to death or the retirement age is going to have go up a lot.
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i would like to say 80, but really i would be lucky to hit about 65 considering my medical and family history.
I would want to live as much as i can, even if i am in pain, even if i had to be brought back to life in a non ideal way, either way atleast you are still alive. If it was a natural cause or a really awesome way to die [ i.e saving a burning house full of children and dieing from smoke inhalation as i come out with the last kid] or getting stabbed in the heart by a stingray.
I would want to live as much as i can, even if i am in pain, even if i had to be brought back to life in a non ideal way, either way atleast you are still alive. If it was a natural cause or a really awesome way to die [ i.e saving a burning house full of children and dieing from smoke inhalation as i come out with the last kid] or getting stabbed in the heart by a stingray.
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odd...
i was just having a conversation with a friend who has an obsession with trying to prolong life.
i honestly wouldnt want to live past the age of around 80. by then i would have already thought all my thoughts, experienced everything i was meant to and have had my effect on the world. continuing to live simply because i can doesnt appeal to me (unless i happen to be having the most awesome existence ever!...which i doubt).
i wouldnt consider myself to be religious, but im sure there must be something else waiting for us, and even if there isnt its not like my consciousness will be stuck in a grave thinking "well the afterlife sure does suck", ill just enter a state of sleep for several generations before awaking to join the ranks of the undead horde.
i was just having a conversation with a friend who has an obsession with trying to prolong life.
i honestly wouldnt want to live past the age of around 80. by then i would have already thought all my thoughts, experienced everything i was meant to and have had my effect on the world. continuing to live simply because i can doesnt appeal to me (unless i happen to be having the most awesome existence ever!...which i doubt).
i wouldnt consider myself to be religious, but im sure there must be something else waiting for us, and even if there isnt its not like my consciousness will be stuck in a grave thinking "well the afterlife sure does suck", ill just enter a state of sleep for several generations before awaking to join the ranks of the undead horde.
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I want to live to be just old enough not to fear dying.
Yes, nothing lasts forever. A very intelligent person once said, "Everything changes. Can you think of one thing that doesn't change?"
I was going to say "human stupidity" but I didn't. I thought it was a time where it's better to be silent than to say something stupid. Besides, just because you think one thing doesn't change doesn't mean it is true. It could be that it's nature is not touched upon to a certain depth that its changeability would be discovered, if exists. We just don't know yet.
I was going to say "human stupidity" but I didn't. I thought it was a time where it's better to be silent than to say something stupid. Besides, just because you think one thing doesn't change doesn't mean it is true. It could be that it's nature is not touched upon to a certain depth that its changeability would be discovered, if exists. We just don't know yet.
Well I don't fear dying, I just find it an incovenience if I do. There are some things I want to do still, I'm not sure what but I stand to live a bit longer. The problem is that I'll be inclined to look after my parents.
What this documentary says to me is to enjoy youth more than anything.
What this documentary says to me is to enjoy youth more than anything.
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The doctor in this documentary was just explaining how a patient who was diagnosed with severe parkinsons disease, who could no longer swallow, and the way he had to explain it the family.
Basically he said that the body is unable to sustain life. He is unable to eat, and thus if he will die from parkinsons. But if they put a feeding tube in, he won't die of parkinsons. He will die of a "medical catastrophe", such as a severe bed sore or infection, or mistreatment, or a stroke etc; no longer dying of what he was naturally dying of.
I'd have to draw the line there. If I were to die, it would be of that natural causes, kinda like the "original sentence". Not from a "medical catastrophe".
Basically he said that the body is unable to sustain life. He is unable to eat, and thus if he will die from parkinsons. But if they put a feeding tube in, he won't die of parkinsons. He will die of a "medical catastrophe", such as a severe bed sore or infection, or mistreatment, or a stroke etc; no longer dying of what he was naturally dying of.
I'd have to draw the line there. If I were to die, it would be of that natural causes, kinda like the "original sentence". Not from a "medical catastrophe".
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I'm not scared of ceasing to exist so much as spending a few months contemplating that. I'd rather be gunned down at 40 than linger in a hospital bed at 50.lengy said:
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This documentary pushes for euthanasia in a massive way