From: Delvieron@aol.com
Date: Thu Dec 02 1999 - 20:10:56 MST
In a message dated 12/1/1999 10:16:22 PM EST, mjg223@is7.nyu.edu writes:
<< And why should the rational course necessarily be determined the simple
summation of all future pleasurable experiences? It seems to me
there's a factor in the sequence which decays over time - I wouldn't
submit to a million years of agony, starting now, even if the
following million were quite nice.
Pleasure is a good way to pass the time, but being dead doesn't mean
you've lost, it means you've stopped playing the game. Honestly, I
can't imagine anything more horrible than the prospect of living
literally forever.
-matt >>
If a million years is what it takes (and believe me I will look for other
ways) then that is what I'll do. Personally, I can only think of a few
things more horrible than not living literally forever (perhaps nobody living
literally forever might be worse).
Glen Finney
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