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How do you know I've made up my mind? I've no more exhibited that I have made up mine than that you have yours, I am putting forward what I believe to perhaps be the case and you are putting forward your own ideas. I at least seem to desire a continued debate on the topic, you just want to say...

"I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid." Tbh I see it almost as a mantra... So much in our society is done to shield us from having to face our own mortality. How often do westerners see dead bodies? How quickly do we move to cover up the sight of the...

You do realise... the things that I'm bringing up are brought up by philosophers, sociologists etc right? It's not like this is entirely my own little crusade. There's an argument to be had whether you believe there is or not. So partial amnesia scares you but not a severe case of amnesia...

I'm willing to accept that there are some people who do not fear death, however on this forum there appear to be many and tbh the way they mince around the idea makes me think that it could somewhat be a disagreement of language in that I think I 'fear death' no more than they do. Though my best...

True, tbh I was just surprised it was coming from Iron, who is pretty much the biggest wankfest this forum has. I wonder if the non-death fearers would be afraid being faced with severe amnesia. I would be as scared of that as death I think, it's essentially the death of 'me'. I can't imagine...

How so?

What, would you prefer they a) didn't care or b) felt upset? If you want someone to feel upset at your whim you're an utter control freak and I really doubt you want them to not care at all.

Re: The Big O!! nice bump you fuckwit.

I agree and if this leads you to have no fear (which might be different to comforting you of your fear) then I guess you have no fear. Personally I would still be fearful for its loss, I value it greatly and I can imagine that my identity could go on existing but won't. They are different...

'You' is merely an identity... "You" do not exist if you lose your identity, "You" become someone else.... Obviously our identity does change across our lifespan however there is at least some sort of a continuation i.e. Your identity evolves in a sense.The sort of severe amnesia I am imagining...

You would know at the time what's going to happen... you would be able to imagine your current identity continuing to live, but instead you have to face the knowledge that all that is currently "you" is soon to be gone. I think it'd be frightening and that's probably why I fear death, if...

I edited it. Would you be scared if you were told you have a mental illness which will develop to severe amnesia? Basically I think the fear of death is in large part associated with a fear of losing your identity, if you wouldn't be scared when faced with the real prospect of severe memory...

actually I think an interesting question... Would you be scared if you were told you have a mental illness which will develop to severe amnesia?

Well it does seem rather pointless to fear the inevitable but I would say because they can conceive of something different than death. Furthermore to your second point, If you read my long post you would have seen an analogy with perhaps by some accident being left with a mental disorder whereby...

It won't remove the sexual urge, it'd probably be a bit of a mind/instinct conflict where the mind would win out. I mean just because you have an urge doesn't mean you'll act on it, but this non-action doesn't mean the urge doesn't still exist. In which way? You believe that we're perfectly...

Well... they might fear it less, they might fear it more. Sometimes 'unknowing' can help us with a fear because we might underestimate how bad a situation will be.

I understand what will happen if someone breaks my leg, if someone seriously threatens to do so however I will fear it. I believe this would be even more true for someone who has perhaps had their leg broken before, in fact often people who have experienced something and understand it perfectly...

- If our universe can't come from nothing, why can God? - The big bang seems to suggest that our universe has, in some form, always existed at time=0, then time began around 18 billion years ago and since then it has changed form. To ask what came before time=0 is illogical because "before" is a...

I so badly should have included a poll with this... but polls are so newscorp :(

No real concept of the future? Surely you can conceive of the fact that if you get hit by a bus tomorrow you could instead continue to exist?