Death Definition and 327 Threads

I was just wondering, that in an objective sense, the only thing wrong with a tortured death is the pain and possibly embarrasment one goes through before death. These are days and weeks at the most in almost all cases. So what I don't get, is how does tortured death, for example, taped...

Why do the minds of many fear or even deny death? The mere thought of death for some people trigger panic attacks. Granted the mind's instintual reaction is to fear the unknown as a means of survival, but shouldn't the mind have already evolved to accept death? Does this mean that the true...

After Death... Lets get our viewpoints of what's after death... do u think its nothing, heaven, hell, etc... have u had personal experiences which strengthen your beliefs? What is after death?

You probably know about this guy. http://www.talonmarks.com/news/2003/11/19/Opinion/The-Life.Of.Garyridgeway-560355.shtml confessed to killing 48 women, which is a record for serial killings. The legendary Green River Killer. 48 innocent women (most were whores though). And he...

The death sentence as a punishment. Should it exist? I think it serves more like a warning to others than a punishment to the criminals - you do this, you die. The problem here is that, is it necessary? Should chance be given?

- I postulate. The intersection/geometry must have .5 in it's empiracle evidence. Or 1/2. It follows action is followed by reaction. Now since we want empiracle evidence. There it is. 1) Now I apply Christ to this rule. Not God. Christ. How many people are you ? 1. Christ says treat...

My questions: 1>What should be done about this? 2>If you supported a socialized medicine plan, do you support it after reading this? 3>If you still support the socialized medicine plan, what do you suspect should be done to bring accountability to the table?

What do you anticipate beyond death, and how are you preparing for it?

not really philisophical more pyscological but anyone got any theories on why we fear death? isn't it supposed to be the solution to our pain? I've got my theorieso n it but i want to hear others...

Sudden Adult Death Syndrome. does this not scare the crap out of you?

Will evolution, which selects traits promoting survival, ever directly allieviate the fear and suffering of death? Perhaps that latter process shall remain more in the domain of society and faith.

I wonder What happens after Death. Is there any research link on the subject or any theory under pipeline

Just suppose that Time Travel can be done. Now, suppose as you are traveling in either direction, i.e., the past or future, you were to die. What would happen? Would you die in the time from which you originally existed or in the time at which you presently exist in your travels? If so, say...

Killing Freud: 20th-century culture and the death of psychoanalysis by Todd Dufresne Disastrous victory of a 20th-century shaman By Justin Wintle 16 December 2003 Had Freud and his celebrated "talking cure" never happened, would BT still have come up with "It's Good to Talk"? Would the...

Let us assume temporarily that when we die we cease to exist. A nonexistent thing cannot be affected by anything. For example, it is impossible to kill a nonexistant chicken, move a nonexistant piece of matter, or eat a nonexistant pizza. We did not exist before we were borne. We were...

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When someone we love dies, we tend to believe in some sort of after life, or utopia that the person transfers to. At the least, we just don't want to think about it, and assume that there is an afterlife, without any reasoning whatsoever. Has anyone here ever survived the death of a loved one...

hey. i am in a physics honors class, and we just had a test. each test has 9 questions, 8 which are decent, and the last one is the "death problem" this problem is worth 20 point, double of the others (if you did the math, if you get die on the death problem, the highest score possible is...

I read about this once and then forgot where I read it, very simplified the theory goes like this: Intelligent beings create heat. Most items in a civilized culture create heat ie light bulbs, computers, etc. At some point a civilization will create more heat than can be dissipated and...

i have been thinking how our universe could continue if it suffers heat death, i can think of one possibility , that is that a bose einstein condensate could form, is that a possibility? if it is then interactions between BECs could rekindle our universe

Do we each desire that the world should end with our death? Thanks Russ for the title. I have long made note that as people grow old, they often become very negative in their expectations for the world. A friend of mine, now in his twilight years, and having been near death on several...

This issue came up in the letter to Dr Laura thread and rather than letting that thread deviate from its topic I thought I would deal with the issue here. Various scriptures in the Bible tell us that our life ends when we die. It is a complete and final end. There is no life after death. There...

Yo, d00ds, my Physics book mentions the concept of Heat Death (All the energy in the universe going to an unusable form) but says that it might not be valid if the universe is bounded in certain ways Does that just mean that if the universe hits a Big Crunch, it won't experience Heat Death...

If indeed there are other universes out there, one for each and every possibility. Will there not be one that continues, where you took off?

Generally, Life means you still have hope, Death means you are deprived of hope. Therefore, death is often a fear to most people. Is death so terrible, horrible, hopeless? How to overcome this fear with Optimism? Through religion?:frown:

Given - Life is a state of being (specifically - not being dead) Death is a state of being (specifically - not being alive) You are alive now (I hope - else how are you reading this?) 150 years ago, you were dead (Unless you are VERY old - in which case you probably CAN'T read this anyway)...

If the point of life is to find why, does that mean the point of death is to find x?