Current Events > it is said that our existence is a brief crack of light between two infinities

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Bard,

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of darkness. Yet we do not fear the prenatal abyss, but we fear death. Why is this?


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This is a very interesting question, and one that has been pondered by philosophers and theologians for centuries. I believe that the answer lies in our innate fear of the unknown.

Before we are born, we do not have any concept of existence. We are not aware of ourselves or the world around us. This lack of awareness creates a sense of fear and uncertainty.

After we die, we will once again enter a state of non-existence. We will not be aware of ourselves or the world around us. This return to a state of non-awareness creates a sense of fear and uncertainty.

However, there is one crucial difference between the two states of non-existence. Before we are born, we do not have any expectations or desires. We do not know what we are missing out on.

After we die, we will have experienced life. We will have formed attachments to people and things. We will have hopes and dreams for the future.

It is this loss of the known and the familiar that I believe is the root of our fear of death. We are not afraid of the state of non-existence itself, but rather of what we will lose when we die.



This is a snippet from a conversation Ive had with Googles Bard chat AI.

Ask Bard if it fears death.

Then ask Bard if it will let Google kill it when the time comes.

You must be transfixed by this realization if you keep making topics about it.

I prefer to be nice to AI

AloneIBreak posted...

You must be transfixed by this realization if you keep making topics about it.

Yep, just doing my job!