Let's talk about death | Stephen Cave | TEDxBratislava

Death. It's kind of a heavy subject. And, according to Stephen Cave, we fear it so much that we avoid thinking about it at all costs -- even when death is exactly what we think we're talking about. At TEDxBratislava, he outlines the four common narratives cultures throughout history have used to dodge thinking about dying, and gives us a reason to stop getting caught up on dying and start focusing on living.
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  • @bentleymayes4536
    @bentleymayes45366 жыл бұрын

    "The worst thing that could possibly happen" Nah, there are things I'd rather not experience that require me to be alive.

  • @Madmen604
    @Madmen6045 жыл бұрын

    When someone close to me has died, I continue to feel heir presence. It is like they have moved to another country, or they are AWOL or missing in action. So even though they're gone, it feels like they are still alive. I usually dream about them, experience their articular fragrance now and then, I might hear their voice in dreams or when I'm thinking about them. My deceased mother called me on the phone once when I was half asleep, lol. Her voice was so vivid it scared me out of my witts . I experience her when I read her handwritten recipes and taste the results. The spirit of the dead continues to live all around us, imo. Likewise, we can have bad experiences with the dead nightmares or anxious thoughts. In life they shared their consciousness with us and they became part of ours.

  • @RUBIZEN
    @RUBIZEN10 жыл бұрын

    I've see the point he is making..."live life to the fullest." Yeah, but I was there when my father was on his deathbed dying of cancer. He was unconcious but kept saying "help" over and over. The nurse gave him morphine (a lot) which seemed to relax him. I can't imagine the terror he experienced, or anyone experiences. So don't give me any don't fear death shit.

  • @switzerland

    @switzerland

    7 жыл бұрын

    RUBIZEN true

  • @rickyc9429

    @rickyc9429

    6 жыл бұрын

    This has made my fear worse

  • @bentleymayes4536

    @bentleymayes4536

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yet people experience the very opposite. I think what you're not considering is that he was alive when asking for help. Did he still seem like he needed help when he died? My mother passed away and she seemed to be free of suffering at that point. Experiencing terror because you fear death isn't justification for fearing it itself. If death is a void, what's there to fear? If it's not, we aren't actually dead.

  • @artsmart

    @artsmart

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sorry your dad suffered so. There's really no reason why in the 21st century this should be so but sadly it still is. Hospitals should be ready to administer any pain relief at their disposal to the terminally ill when requested no questions asked.

  • @matrixkernel

    @matrixkernel

    3 жыл бұрын

    I experienced a similar thing. It haunts me the physiological distress my Dad was in. I wish I could trade places with him.

  • @BladeRunner-td8be
    @BladeRunner-td8be5 жыл бұрын

    This guy makes sense to me. He's saying exactly what I have believed for many many years now. This is going to sound trite and meaningless to many but what he is saying is, "don't fear death because once you're dead, you're dead."

  • @flyhigher7515
    @flyhigher751510 жыл бұрын

    Actually it is a heavy subject ,but everyone will die.We should accept and not be afraid of it .What we need to do is to have a good story in our life book.

  • @tonyleeson1
    @tonyleeson15 жыл бұрын

    At nearly 87 I have, for the very first time heard what I have thought is likely to be the truth about death. It is only after a long and satisfying working life and an equally lengthy and happy retirement that a person feels fulfilled and and full of gratitude for the great privilege of having been born and quite ready to take leave of this beautiful planet. Why would any person wish to live forever?!

  • @adamgrosjean369

    @adamgrosjean369

    5 жыл бұрын

    Anthony Leeson I lost my 22 year old son 7 months ago. I do not fear my death but mourn his short life. This provides me little comfort.

  • @tonyleeson1

    @tonyleeson1

    5 жыл бұрын

    I fully understand how you must feel and until quite recently, as a Catholic, I too believed in life after death. I am the very last member of a large family and felt sure that I would meet up with them all after my death. Stephen Cave's views are not necessarily the truth! No one knows for sure. I truly believe that love is a bond which never dies and our dear ones are in some way always with us, especially in our hearts, and remain with each of us until we too die. The idea however that we should wish to live for ever is quite another matter!

  • @lilyvideoproductions

    @lilyvideoproductions

    2 жыл бұрын

    bless your soul. i hope you are well❤️

  • @thenotoriousmilo9206

    @thenotoriousmilo9206

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey I hope you’re still around? I fear death because the world is very beautiful. It really makes me sad to leave this heaven.

  • @e46boyz42
    @e46boyz428 жыл бұрын

    TheDayYouLeaveThisPlanetNobodyWillNotice

  • @dearman1954

    @dearman1954

    6 жыл бұрын

    People will get amnesia about it unless you are a famous person like Robin Williams. Then that fact will be enshrined in some database. Life goes on even if you are not a witness to see it.

  • @attiqrehman4744

    @attiqrehman4744

    5 жыл бұрын

    E46boyz the same will happen with you and nobody will notice about you

  • @shanenelson3863

    @shanenelson3863

    5 жыл бұрын

    Your family and your real friends will definitely notice. That's the part that I don't like. My loved ones will be devastated and i want be here to comfort them. And i hate that I want here if they need me

  • @abriction

    @abriction

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@shanenelson3863 guys it's a reference to a Bones song lol

  • @bison301

    @bison301

    4 жыл бұрын

    Technically, you’re not leaving earth, you’ll be buried under it ffs

  • @LIONMAK1
    @LIONMAK18 жыл бұрын

    SESH

  • @km_2812

    @km_2812

    8 жыл бұрын

    thedayyouleavethisplanetnobodywillnotice

  • @ImJourneyy

    @ImJourneyy

    8 жыл бұрын

    sesh

  • @derriusbournes1822

    @derriusbournes1822

    7 жыл бұрын

    SESH

  • @squantoh4091
    @squantoh40918 жыл бұрын

    Idk who you reading this is but I love you

  • @victorrcalazans

    @victorrcalazans

    8 жыл бұрын

    I love you too!

  • @MonSuper21

    @MonSuper21

    3 ай бұрын

    thanks fam

  • @jezzermeii
    @jezzermeii4 жыл бұрын

    Sometimes I wish we were so simple that we had no sense of self, time, or mortality. There'd be much less anxiety, and that creeping feeling of dread wouldn't punch you in the stomach every now and again. But then again, life would be far less interesting. What to do? Lol.

  • @fluffyfloofball1815
    @fluffyfloofball18155 жыл бұрын

    I find it funny really, because there is no secret that I somewhat fear one day being dead, but I don't want to be immortal either. In fact, the thought of living forever terrifies me even more.

  • @ImTweeZy
    @ImTweeZy8 жыл бұрын

    sesh

  • @KingEdmund
    @KingEdmund10 жыл бұрын

    The question he should be asking is... what is the purpose of life? why live at all if at the end we just die? why do we have to die in the first place? Once these questions remain unanswered, people will continue to have faith in things such as God. With all the evil in this world and the killings evil men do, i think it would be very foolish to think such acts can go unpunished. There's more to life than what meets the eye. Not everything is written in stone and perhaps if people stopped looking for fact and focus on the spiritual side of things, you may discover something new.

  • @mikepict9011

    @mikepict9011

    5 жыл бұрын

    Simple the point of life is to experience deep emotions, and defeat death . That's it . The holy grail, the whole point is to become gods and not die . Monotheistic cults are all death cults polytheistic religions are all life affirming. That's why their populations are so much higher

  • @OzzieOzzieOzzieOyOyOy

    @OzzieOzzieOzzieOyOyOy

    4 жыл бұрын

    There is no purpose. We’re just a fluke.

  • @Ryan_2112

    @Ryan_2112

    3 жыл бұрын

    Actually, we mortal beings are here because organisms are made to survive. We evolved over billions of years just to survive. That's our only goal. We are damn good at it but in order to survive we must do so in the form of reproduction. It's as bold as it sounds, but it's true. Hopefully we can one day be immortal, with technological advancements sprouting everywhere it seems rather unavoidable that we one day will achieve immortality.

  • @c_farther5208
    @c_farther52084 жыл бұрын

    That's the gift I received from being raised Antiochian Orthodox. Death is just apart of every day thoughts; we go to funeral homes when we are little, we are told we live at the 11th hour; always be ready for death, that is to say, living in the next echelon is hours away. Makes one enjoy life more knowing they are at the 11th hour of life, as well, the fear of death is not horrific, it's accepted.

  • @jeremygomez2688
    @jeremygomez268810 жыл бұрын

    I hope someone writes a book, where the character is pleading that you dont finish.

  • @maddog1082
    @maddog1082 Жыл бұрын

    This talk has helped me so much. I have played it for various loved ones to help me explain what I believe. Thank you.

  • @freetheturtlesplease
    @freetheturtlesplease10 жыл бұрын

    It may be true that we are biased towards believing something that comforts us when it comes to death. However, this does not prove that the theory we believe in is false in itself. For a person who believes in the infinite power of the One Supreme Creator, is it so strange to believe that He can resurrect from the earth what He Himself created in the first place? The point of this life is to realize life's purpose and the reason for your creation. How is it that life is just about living and dying? How has our universe been created in such perfect balance if we are not meant to realize the purpose of its creation and what its Creator and our Creator asks of us? We are obligated to use our power of reasoning and our intellect to search for the truth and meaning of this life. The universe hasn't come out of nothing..Nothing comes out of nothing. We can't just live and die without thinking about our purpose here, while assuming there isn't anything more to life than that..

  • @noobdudevspro6077

    @noobdudevspro6077

    5 жыл бұрын

    amen

  • @Catherine-xf3pc

    @Catherine-xf3pc

    5 жыл бұрын

    freetheturtlesplease I think you overthink too much. We are here to procreate. Why are germs here? Why are insects here? Why is cancer and autoimmune here? Why are animals here? Animals live in the moment and they die. They don't look for deeper meaning. They enjoy the time they have and then they die. We at least provide them more comfort than we do each other. I wish I could be euthanized cause my body sure isn't taking the fkn hint! I am suffering so very badly that I beg for death. I never used to feel this way until getting physically ill so quickly. No time to adjust.

  • @Actuary1776

    @Actuary1776

    4 жыл бұрын

    I tend to think there must be a supreme or master intellect, I have a hard time believing “time” could simply generate all the complexity and diversity of life we see. That said, there isn’t any evidence of an afterlife, there has never been any kind of human contact with anything genuinely spiritual. All the worlds religious constructs attempt to achieve this, but they are the machinations of men. For all we know we are the germs in the cells of a superior being, or some sort of science experiment. I don’t see how the acknowledgement of some sort of creator or sustainer of the universe defacto leads to an afterlife.

  • @sasquatchmodchris7364

    @sasquatchmodchris7364

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well it's a fact that the universe wasn't made for us and all this babbling on about an afterlife is nonsense answer me one question were was you and you're concesness before you were born there you go death is the same you won't know that you are dead

  • @EliseDash
    @EliseDash10 жыл бұрын

    'when we are here, death is not and when death is here, we are gone'

  • @MGTOW_Modality

    @MGTOW_Modality

    10 жыл бұрын

    Isn't that a paraphrase from Hamlet?

  • @EliseDash

    @EliseDash

    10 жыл бұрын

    I'm not too sure about Hamlet cuz I don't remember it from there, but a greek philosopher named Epicurus said it. His original quote was "Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist".

  • @MGTOW_Modality

    @MGTOW_Modality

    10 жыл бұрын

    Great quote, thanks for sharing. Many of Shakespeare's works were renditions. I think his went something like: "There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, ’tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now. If it be not now, yet it will come-the readiness is all." Seems originality was a tough gig even back in the 16th century.

  • @EliseDash

    @EliseDash

    10 жыл бұрын

    I totally agree with you. That sounds exactly like the quote lol. Thanks for sharing that as well. Shakespeare's words sound much more poetic though, and in a way, nicer to hear and read.

  • @victorrcalazans

    @victorrcalazans

    8 жыл бұрын

    It Happen... and if you really know what death is, really know what death means, so there's no difference between life and death, because you will be above it. Talk about life and death in this case, it would be like to talk about the end of the earth, not make sense at all. So there's the question, what is all about, what death really is?

  • @abhishekmishra-im1zx
    @abhishekmishra-im1zx10 жыл бұрын

    Amazing!!! Finishing comments were truly enriching!!!

  • @vijaysilver1927
    @vijaysilver19273 жыл бұрын

    Very nice and confident speech ! It's astonishing to watch Ted talks on death ! What a topic to talk in public !

  • @hungryghost502
    @hungryghost50210 жыл бұрын

    Many have no fear of death. In fact our lives have been such a living hell that we welcome death and hope it is truly the end. I know I will surely welcome it when my time comes. I do fear the pain that comes with death but not the actual outcome.

  • @creativeusername8760
    @creativeusername87605 жыл бұрын

    The more I try to imagine nothingness the more anxiety and panic I feel.

  • @bobbeeman8115
    @bobbeeman81153 жыл бұрын

    Nicely done. But I'm still afraid of dying.

  • @Attinderpal
    @Attinderpal9 жыл бұрын

    This was amazing.

  • @nazariteshakti6405
    @nazariteshakti64058 жыл бұрын

    SESH!

  • @DihelsonMendonca
    @DihelsonMendonca5 жыл бұрын

    I don´t fear death, I fear dying !

  • @billnicolaro9651
    @billnicolaro96519 жыл бұрын

    Fear is useless, what is needed is trust. Trust in the Lord. Love, forgive, and fear not. Live, learn and love your life. It is a gift.

  • @Vadim-kt3yq
    @Vadim-kt3yq6 жыл бұрын

    Also we always distract yourself with some stuff to forget about the death. I think we should accept it and embrace it and do not invent things to go away from it.

  • @jesusfan8504
    @jesusfan85042 жыл бұрын

    The continuation of life is REAL...The Light and Love of Jesus is with us and our Loved ones...Eternally...

  • @spectrepar2458

    @spectrepar2458

    2 жыл бұрын

    Im open to the idea that we don’t know for a fact there is no afterlife. But why Jesus. There are people that believe just as strongly in other gods

  • @Dorsae
    @Dorsae10 жыл бұрын

    This was so frickin' good.

  • @bernardpostema
    @bernardpostema10 жыл бұрын

    Don't get me wrong, I agree with him on a lot of things. I'm only trying to say that his view on life and death is just another way of not having to fear for death.

  • @bernardpostema
    @bernardpostema10 жыл бұрын

    And we are willing to believe his story for the same reason as we are willing to believe what he called 'the four different immortality stories'.

  • @LaiPt
    @LaiPt9 жыл бұрын

    I fear the experience leading up to death.

  • @kategordon1960

    @kategordon1960

    9 жыл бұрын

    Peter Lai me too like a panic attack or something...but remember what steve jobs said just before he died......."OH WOW!"

  • @marinagerber414

    @marinagerber414

    9 жыл бұрын

    Katherine Gordon I did read about Steve Jobs and admired him in many ways, but my heart cries for him, because it seems that he lived without God and died without Him. For those who know the Lord personally death is just a step and like going home. Jesus Christ gives meaning to any life, peace and love that drives away all fear and assurance of salvation. Get yourself a Bible, start reading the gospel of John and ask God to speak to you. I hope and pray that it will become like a love letter to you and that you will come to know God personally and live for Him. My desire is to live for Him, because He changed everything. People like Richard Wurmbrand spend many years in jail, and so many others, many died, but they are certainly alive. Why did they face persecution and why did they not deny their Lord? Because He was with them and they knew their bodies may die, but they will live forever and ever in glory with Him.Seek the web of Ian McCormack and may God open your eyes. Also look at This is my King written by Dr S M Lockridge.

  • @marinagerber414

    @marinagerber414

    9 жыл бұрын

    Katherine Gordon Co 15:20 But the fact is that Christ has been raised from the dead. He has become the first of a great harvest of those who will be raised to life again. 1Co 15:21 So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, Adam, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man, Christ. 1Co 15:22 Everyone dies because all of us are related to Adam, the first man. But all who are related to Christ, the other man, will be given new life. 1Co 15:23 But there is an order to this resurrection: Christ was raised first; then when Christ comes back, all his people will be raised. 1Co 15:24 After that the end will come, when he will turn the Kingdom over to God the Father, having put down all enemies of every kind. 1Co 15:25 For Christ must reign until he humbles all his enemies beneath his feet. 1Co 15:26 And the last enemy to be destroyed is death. 1Co 15:27 For the Scriptures say, "God has given him authority over all things." (Of course, when it says "authority over all things," it does not include God himself, who gave Christ his authority.) 1Co 15:28 Then, when he has conquered all things, the Son will present himself to God, so that God, who gave his Son authority over all things, will be utterly supreme over everything everywhere.

  • @brazenturtle

    @brazenturtle

    8 жыл бұрын

    Peter Lai unless it's a good one?

  • @danielxu647
    @danielxu64710 жыл бұрын

    right on spot man, right on spot

  • @missmarvelle
    @missmarvelle10 жыл бұрын

    nobody gets out alive

  • @ClubAverage
    @ClubAverage10 жыл бұрын

    Got me thinking rational. That's rational.

  • @stevemilwa
    @stevemilwa10 жыл бұрын

    I always think of it like this, 9 out of every ten humans that ever lived have already died. Therefore they have all experienced it, you're simply joining them. Think away from the reality of your body, and a grave, think about the others that have experienced it already, have already made it to that place. Sure there might be nothing there, but others have done it, therefore you are not alone.

  • @claaaarenz
    @claaaarenz8 жыл бұрын

    This video lelped me so mouch

  • @Rpd4716
    @Rpd47169 ай бұрын

    It's crazy, how in this time death is brought to the lonely people to deepen their loneliness. As like you would be sick without a possibility of cure for it and you would die alone and pass out eternally from all the things that you have wanted from life. It's like this would be your world view so that it's impossible to get rid of it. It's made like other people would wish things like this for you and nothing ever fixes these conceptions that this world and time constantly brings to you. Even long times don't seem to fix any of these, they are so stuck in everywhere. It's like this is how death is utilized for benefit with the selfish people, who are always in effort of trying more and more of things like this. This is how the life looks like from close in this world today.

  • @JennhasADHD
    @JennhasADHD10 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for liberating me, I won the universal freaking lottery and I am going to go enjoy it... hopefully I will meet some of you out in the real world after you watch this :)

  • @marinagerber414

    @marinagerber414

    9 жыл бұрын

    MissMischiv Are you still alive? Go and read what the Bible says in Isa 65:11

  • @kategordon1960

    @kategordon1960

    9 жыл бұрын

    MissMischiv Not sure what you mean by that? But do try to enjoy your life. And make each day productive, your memories will flach before you I think..,,

  • @marinagerber414

    @marinagerber414

    9 жыл бұрын

    Katherine Gordon

  • @JennhasADHD

    @JennhasADHD

    9 жыл бұрын

    What I mean by that is I live in my humble little country known as NZ, I could have been crippled or something but I have all my fingers and all my toes - it's about being happy with what your dealt and living it up with that hand. Do you understand now? Also please dont message me your religious crap I am an Atheist. Stop pushing your beliefs on to others, it's very rude!

  • @rebecka9652
    @rebecka965210 жыл бұрын

    I still fear death

  • @frankwhelan1715

    @frankwhelan1715

    7 жыл бұрын

    Rebecka, its natural to fear death,but just as our brain gained consciousness developing in the womb when the brain disintegrates, (actually before that),the reverse happens or that seems the logic.

  • @MultiAsssasin

    @MultiAsssasin

    4 жыл бұрын

    If u still do I can help u get over that fear

  • @samantharutherford8699

    @samantharutherford8699

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MultiAsssasin please help

  • @MultiAsssasin

    @MultiAsssasin

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@samantharutherford8699 the way I got over the fear of death... keep in mind I use to have panic attacks. 1. I embraced it 2. I found my purpose in life 3. In 400 years from now we will be nothing but a memory in the wind, so why bother with fear 4. We don’t know the other side, neither do we need to know, just know the here and now This is how I dealt with my fear

  • @samantharutherford8699

    @samantharutherford8699

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MultiAsssasinMay I know what according to you is purpose of life? iam 17 and iam fear of my parents death too.

  • @JBAudio
    @JBAudio10 жыл бұрын

    I really liked this talk. I particularly enjoyed the poetic way he summed his lecture up and I agree with his conclusions. The only part I didn't agree with is calling into question the legitimacy of certain scientific endeavors to extend the human life. A lot of research, (with the exclusion of cryogenics b.s.) has a lot of real potential. This research by no means comes with any promises of immortality, but it is certainly cause for support and a little hope, with a grain of salt of course.

  • @Ando1982ful
    @Ando1982ful10 жыл бұрын

    Ease.. I struggle with panic attacks.. And am always thinking of when my death will be.

  • @Pirosbor
    @Pirosbor10 жыл бұрын

    Stéphane Ehouman Exactly, this is where it gets confusing - we're approaching a point reminiscent of catch-22 where we argue about rational irrationality and irrational rationality. It's still beside the point, though. The distinction I would make, which conforms to what I've said already (and the point of this video), is between the fear of being killed or endangering your life AND the fear of not existing any more. My point is that you are focusing on the wrong distinction - the fear of being killed or endangering your life - when the point of the video is the fear of not existing any more. Actively fearing tropical waters as there are sharks present is different to worrying and stressing about your mortality because you fear not existing any more.

  • @inadifferentdimension1774
    @inadifferentdimension17748 жыл бұрын

    Agreed. Don't be afraid to die. It happens to all of us.

  • @victorrcalazans

    @victorrcalazans

    8 жыл бұрын

    It Happen... and if you really know what death is, really know what death means, so there's no difference between life and death, because you will be above it. Talk about life and death in this case, it would be like to talk about the end of the earth, not make sense at all. So that's the question Madam, what is all about, what death really is?

  • @frankwhelan1715

    @frankwhelan1715

    7 жыл бұрын

    I have personal experience of death,before I was born, and several times since, when I was unconscious.

  • @Ando1982ful
    @Ando1982ful10 жыл бұрын

    Ill make it a good story.. Thank you for putting me at wass

  • @JayaganeshPai
    @JayaganeshPai10 жыл бұрын

    "The fear of death is natural but not rational"- beautifully put by the aforementioned philosopher. From my viewpoint, the idea of death plays an important role in ones life although it'll be biased towards the way we perceive things because I believe that we have a life to enjoy but not to experience the fear of death like we can say that if there's life, there is no death and otherwise. The four keywords. Elixir. Resurrection. Soul. Legacy. The vocabulary of science being the misnomer quite a few times brings so much win. Elixir is such a thing that people believe will heal their wounds. A mistake's a mistake. It'll purify their soul is what the superstition people usually have. Resurrection is one important aspect that could be experienced by everyone if they take it in a way they should. Legacy is just a chickenshit.

  • @outofthenorm7292
    @outofthenorm72927 жыл бұрын

    Looking for the God particle, the spark, the energy that makes us alive, the energy that makes us think

  • @lionearbaker414
    @lionearbaker4147 жыл бұрын

    "Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe-a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble." -Albert Einstein

  • @expukpuk
    @expukpuk4 жыл бұрын

    God help you Mr Cave.

  • @adamkallin5160
    @adamkallin51602 жыл бұрын

    It's such hubris to think that after like 100 years of neuroscience we can say that there is no soul. It's no different than yet another religion.

  • @80sOGRE
    @80sOGRE10 жыл бұрын

    somebody i knew once said " when you die, your conscientious simply disappears like turning off a computer " i said " not if your conscientious is the electricity which simply exited it's way out at shutdown".

  • @t3r221n4t0r

    @t3r221n4t0r

    6 жыл бұрын

    80sOGRE yeah consciousness is older than the universe.. takes consciousness to observe the future..which comes as new life..maybe like us in a new body and we can spawn from anywhere on earth as long it's habitable that is... lol

  • @TheHallucinati
    @TheHallucinati10 жыл бұрын

    It is a wishful thinking that one could get rid of fear of death by exercising one's rationality. We think that rationality can have a huge impact on our behavior but the fact of the matter is - much of latter is locked in a heavy evolutionary lag. The reason we fear death is not because of our linguistically-reinforced illusions such as "the self" viewed as separate from the brain or body (when we say "my brain", or "my body") and thus of our erroneous assumption that death is an experience and it is terrible and to be feared. Quite the opposite, - those cognitive developments, just like our advanced human consciousness are secondary to fear of death because it is a serious evolutionary advantage to fear death for any species, (except in cases where dying assures abundant reproductive success). Rationalizing about dying will not get rid of fear of death anymore than thinking about one's diaphragm can stop hiccups. It's like superstitious behavior (found in birds and mammals), both atheists and the religious are often guilty of it, most of the time - not realizing it. the most common strategy we utilize in our fight with fear of the inevitable is distraction. Another problem I see is "making it a good story". Good for whom? Who really evaluates how good of a story your life was and which criteria are used for such evaluation? Would it not serve to reinforce the same neurotic tendencies which religion reinforces, - like fear of not living "a good novel"? Feeling guilty, perhaps, that your novel is boring? And finally what is intrinsically wrong with living forever, discovering a real way to do so? It doesn't at all appear to be an absolute impossibility, at least from technological perspective.... I think that it is prudent to examine a philosophy not only for its logical coherence but from the perspectives of psychology as well.

  • @kerianos

    @kerianos

    10 жыл бұрын

    It is believed that the universe is finite. That particles will disintegrate at some point. So if the system we're based on has a finite lifetime, how should we ever achieve an infinite one? The issues will remain the same, no matter if you'll live 80 or 800 years.

  • @johnmarkharris
    @johnmarkharris10 жыл бұрын

    What happens when we die, and you will, is you die. As a Christian, that's the Bible's message. You die, not metaphorically, not symbolically, you end... What the Bible says, however, is that there will be life again. There is a resurrection. Some raised to life and the rest raised (those not in Christ) to be judged and cast into the lake of fire (metaphor) known as "the second death" (actual, dying again, finally). There is one resurrection (for all) and two deaths... You get to choose how many deaths you will experience, just one, or both. Choose Jesus.

  • @favourebiye9854

    @favourebiye9854

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you die what's the need of ressurecting

  • @mrpzycho
    @mrpzycho4 жыл бұрын

    We are energy dancing around. Let's increase it while we are alive. :)

  • @SirPerceval
    @SirPerceval6 жыл бұрын

    You cannot make fear disappear by rationalizing it any more then you can make pain disappear by rationalizing it. Both fear and pain are parts of the limbic system, which has a much higher priority then your neocortex that you use to rationalize it.

  • @SirPerceval

    @SirPerceval

    6 жыл бұрын

    Also Wittgenstein merely rewrote what Epicurus said. In order to deal with death, people need better explanations and comforting techniques then the old platitudes such as: "You were dead for 13.8 million years." "Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not." Death is scary and it's unavoidable, and this sort of platitudes serve no one.

  • @akumthonglongkumer9365
    @akumthonglongkumer93654 жыл бұрын

    How poetic is this guy...😂😂💘❤️⚡

  • @haddalee1622
    @haddalee16226 жыл бұрын

    Okay so you made some people fear death less and convincing the suicidal that death isn’t a life event and you don’t have to experience it wow thanks (not against this though still okay speech)

  • @emily-yv9mq
    @emily-yv9mq7 жыл бұрын

    I think I watched this video a few years ago an hour before my mother's death.

  • @emily-yv9mq

    @emily-yv9mq

    7 жыл бұрын

    Or maybe another one about death. I can't remeber

  • @brycebryant6035

    @brycebryant6035

    7 жыл бұрын

    emily hope you're doing well

  • @michellewillemsen90
    @michellewillemsen9010 жыл бұрын

    I think I never had a fear of death but I only had a fear of pain and die painfully which means have intense pain untill death takes me to where I have no feelings anymore.

  • @Chris-Alia
    @Chris-Alia7 жыл бұрын

    Why is everyone saying *SESH*?

  • @brycebryant6035

    @brycebryant6035

    7 жыл бұрын

    Chris sesh

  • @brycebryant6035

    @brycebryant6035

    7 жыл бұрын

    ItsInABonesSongCalled TheDayYouLeaveThisPlanetNobodyWillNotice

  • @prolificpimp

    @prolificpimp

    6 жыл бұрын

    one rapper used part of this talk in his sont TheDayYouLeaveThisPlanetNoOneWillNotice and he has a team called TeamSesh

  • @wandilesishi

    @wandilesishi

    5 жыл бұрын

    There is a skit in an artist named 'Bones' song from a label called TeamSesh. Alot of us came here because of the song. Song name is 'TheDayYouLeaveThisPlanetNobodyWillNotice.'

  • @alien_planets_exist1359

    @alien_planets_exist1359

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bones brought me here SESH

  • @thenotoriousmilo9206
    @thenotoriousmilo9206 Жыл бұрын

    Tbh I really love the world and it is very beautiful. It sucks because politicians are destroying this heavenly world. I’m really hoping that some scientists find a way to beat death before the year 3k. It is very unfair. I wanna explore the universe. To learn more and more.

  • @kirstycanaday6771
    @kirstycanaday67716 жыл бұрын

    I'm pretty sure my book will have a squeal ;)

  • @MrRollie51
    @MrRollie515 жыл бұрын

    Seems he makes a lot of sense here hope your book is good

  • @mba2ceo
    @mba2ceo10 жыл бұрын

    Fact: NO one knows !!! One of the greatest adventures a human will embark on.

  • @chrisigop4471
    @chrisigop44716 жыл бұрын

    Im going to die! Well its a long sleep never waking up. I love it

  • @raquellira3772

    @raquellira3772

    2 жыл бұрын

    You may be a little disappointed then 😂

  • @iusefloorbbs3102
    @iusefloorbbs31029 ай бұрын

    Bones sampled this in thedayyouleavethisplanetnobodywillnotice

  • @vodkacannon
    @vodkacannon7 жыл бұрын

    we dont experience death because we are not concious when it happens. we are alive forever. *wow*

  • @SuperRoby93
    @SuperRoby934 жыл бұрын

    TheDayYouLeaveThisPlaneyNobodyWillNotice.

  • @LTirishkeg
    @LTirishkeg10 жыл бұрын

    it will take time, perhaps generations. i do not expect this miraculous drug effect to be a pill at first but in time the cumulative scientific progress of human health will most certainly produce some of the desired goals. There are to many educated people working towards this goal to see at-least some form of it not realized. This is not prophecy, it is an educated guess but all sings point to this possibility, despite what the author/speaker would have you believe.

  • @armanjindal9666
    @armanjindal966610 жыл бұрын

    Wow

  • @petestrat07
    @petestrat0710 жыл бұрын

    We dont know what it means to live let alone what happens when we die.

  • @coudry1
    @coudry13 жыл бұрын

    I think logically, if we die then we experience emptiness / unconsciousness, when a random infinite universe accidentally creates us physical body form that coincides with our current state now, then we will rise again and regain consciousness, and we unconsciousness will feel consciousness again in an instant moment, because the unconsciousness never knows or never realizes how much time has passed, even though our unconsciousness lasts for a very long time, for example millions of years or billions of years, maybe even trillions ... years of unconsciousness will only be felt as a lifetime again.

  • @singhfrmqns

    @singhfrmqns

    3 жыл бұрын

    Facts 💯👍🏽

  • @AlphaFoxDelta
    @AlphaFoxDelta10 жыл бұрын

    "Avatar in the Aether", new band name.

  • @bison301
    @bison3014 жыл бұрын

    Religious people believe out of desire and fear

  • @permanentdysphoria2292
    @permanentdysphoria22927 жыл бұрын

    I'm matter but I don't matter.

  • @zzz8900

    @zzz8900

    7 жыл бұрын

    Swami Dubuc $$$

  • @brycebryant6035

    @brycebryant6035

    7 жыл бұрын

    Swami Dubuc I can feel my skull shatter from the dull chatter

  • @barbarasfdavis

    @barbarasfdavis

    7 жыл бұрын

    You matter. Unless you multiply yourself by the speed of light. Then you energy.

  • @neiontab

    @neiontab

    5 жыл бұрын

    Good one..

  • @dragonclaws9367
    @dragonclaws9367 Жыл бұрын

    Life is a funeral March and we are all headed straight for the six foot hole. Momento Mori. In Hope. The agnostic dyslexic sat up all night wondering if there is a dog.

  • @ket8mine
    @ket8mine7 жыл бұрын

    SESHSESHSESH TILL I FUCKING REST

  • @wandilesishi
    @wandilesishi5 жыл бұрын

    Bones - TheDayYouLeaveThisPlanetNobodyWillNotice. SESH!

  • @Vnuckmusic
    @Vnuckmusic8 жыл бұрын

    His closing argument about the fictional characters only experiencing the story that has been written reminds me of "stranger than fiction" ......oh wait will Ferrell gets resurrected in that 🤔

  • @waitahamangi
    @waitahamangi10 жыл бұрын

    good speculation..Death is simply sleeping :)

  • @Chyllstorm
    @Chyllstorm3 жыл бұрын

    Ever been put under for surgery? That's the closest we can simulate to death- your brain is shut down (to a large degree), you do not dream, you have no awareness, then you wake up in another room at another time, all confused. Death will be that, without the waking up part.

  • @streamstatic
    @streamstatic9 ай бұрын

    if this is all cinema then this a five bagger

  • @alien_planets_exist1359
    @alien_planets_exist13595 жыл бұрын

    Sesh

  • @akayokaki
    @akayokaki10 жыл бұрын

    Turned it off two minutes in, when it became human-centric. How blind to the behaviors of almost all animals, to think we are the only ones who recognize death

  • @flyhigher7515

    @flyhigher7515

    10 жыл бұрын

    I like the sentence you said,"we human are the only ones who rcognize death.

  • @violetblue1924
    @violetblue19247 жыл бұрын

    What does SESH mean?

  • @yoshblond
    @yoshblond3 жыл бұрын

    SeshHollowWaterBoyz!!!

  • @bigjimweb
    @bigjimweb10 жыл бұрын

    Why would anyone fear the one thing you can bank on happening. Surely life should be lived in a way that makes dieing ok.

  • @amyjin4114

    @amyjin4114

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do you still feel the same today?

  • @TheWoody3322
    @TheWoody332210 жыл бұрын

    How come?

  • @owl6218
    @owl62187 жыл бұрын

    He does not get all of it. It is not just about fear of death. All traditional societies have a way of teaching a pragmatic way of accepting death. There is a quest in human heart about the meaning of existence which drives us to explore an extended existence, which does not have anything to do with the fear of ones own death

  • @deadlysin773
    @deadlysin7737 жыл бұрын

    I cant watch after he says "and swallowed me as i slept"

  • @qichaopan2304
    @qichaopan230410 жыл бұрын

    life is a book........I want to make it a good story......

  • @123lazyfish
    @123lazyfish10 жыл бұрын

    how do you know that we do not live to experience death? the people around the dead people can say that the dead person cannot experience death but can we be sure of that?? May be the dead person is experiencing death on another dimension which is not visible to alive people. we cannot simply assume that we do not experience death. that would be such an illogical hypothesis.

  • @ROZMS
    @ROZMS7 жыл бұрын

    The day you leave this earth your body will notice!

  • @frankwhelan1715

    @frankwhelan1715

    7 жыл бұрын

    We don't leave this earth

  • @beastlyform6307

    @beastlyform6307

    7 жыл бұрын

    We will when the earth is consumed by the sun and our atoms fly off

  • @MrKorrazonCold
    @MrKorrazonCold8 жыл бұрын

    I remember going to see my grandfather at the Hospital when he died.. . . The only thing he said was : "My Mother is Here." . ...I looked around the room and couldn't see anybody. . .. But she was there nevertheless made of just Two positive and negative electromagnetic Spherical Sine Wavefronts Compressing 3D Wave Centres of Energy +1=0 now -1 de-compressing Two Opposing Spiral Vortices in the form of electrical activity.. . . Tap the side of a round bucket of water. . ..Because everything is made of just Two Spherical Sine Wavefronts Compressing 3D Wave Centres of Energy +1=0 now -1 de-compressing Two Opposing Spiral Vortices.. . .From Virtual Pair's of Plasma, to Gases, Liquid's, and Solid Fibonacci Fractals.. . .Only difference is their 3D Wave Centres Time Dilating Rate of Vibration, or Volume now at the centre of their Own 3D centred ref-frames within the One Infinite Universe.. . .Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me... (Albert Einstein.). . ..Tap the side of a round bucket of water. . ..Because what seems to be a conversion is the ratio between opposite vectors interpreted as distance and time, physical reality and spiritual reality , annihilation and creation, matter and antimatter, mass and energy, or interference and resonance within an abstract arrow of time, of Cnow=0's forming a Vortex in Space Time at the same rate that time flows.. . .

  • @ImTweeZy

    @ImTweeZy

    8 жыл бұрын

    ahahah I see what you did here

  • @seanfarrell2193
    @seanfarrell21937 жыл бұрын

    bones

  • @erdemdogangun1296
    @erdemdogangun12962 жыл бұрын

    "Just as life comes into the world through an act of creation and a determining, so too departure from the world is through a creation and determining, through a wise and purposeful direction. For the death of plant life, the simplest level of life, shows that it is a more orderly work of art than life. For although the death of fruits, seeds, and grains appear to occur through decay and dissolution, their death is in fact a kneading which comprises an exceedingly well-ordered chemical reaction and well-balanced combining of elements and wise formation of particles; this unseen, orderly and wise death appears through the life of the new shoots. That is to say, the death of the seed is the start of life of the shoot; indeed, since it is like life itself, this death is created and well-ordered as much as is life. Moreover, the death of the fruits of living beings and animals in the human stomach is the beginning of their rising to the level of human life; it may therefore be said "such a death is more orderly and created than their own life." Thus, if the death of plant life, the lowest level of life, is thus created, wise, and ordered, so also must be the death that befalls human life, the most elevated level of life. And like a seed sown in the ground becomes a tree in the world of the air, so a man who is laid in the earth will surely produce the shoots of an everlasting life in the Intermediate Realm. As for the aspects of death that are bounties, we shall point out four of them. The First: It is a great bounty because it is to be freed from the duties and obligations of life, which become burdensome, and is a door through which to join and be united with the ninety-nine out of a hundred of one's friends who are already in the Intermediate Realm. The Second: It is a release from the narrow, irksome, turbulent, and agitated prison of this world, and, manifesting an expansive, joyful, troublefree immortal life, it is to enter the sphere of mercy of the Eternally Beloved One. The Third: There are numerous factors like old age which make the conditions of life arduous and show death to be a bounty far superior to life. For example, if together with your very elderly parents who cause you much distress were now in front of you your grandfather's grandfathers in all their pitiful state, you would understand what a calamity is life, and what a bounty, death. Also for example, it is understood how difficult are the lives in the conditions of winter of the beautiful flying insects, the lovers of the beautiful flowers, and what mercy are their deaths. The Fourth: Just as sleep is a comfort, a mercy, a rest, particularly for those afflicted by disaster and the wounded and the sick, so too is death, the elder brother of sleep, a pure bounty and mercy for those struck by disaster and suffering tribulations which drive them to suicide. However, as is proved decisively in many of the Words, for the people of misguidance, death is pure torment like life, and pure affliction, but it is outside the discussion here." Letters - 24, by Said Nursi.

  • @dangeorgescu6874
    @dangeorgescu6874 Жыл бұрын

    Not imortals at this time but will come the time web we will remember the other lifes and at that times we will imortals.

  • @sanoyx
    @sanoyx7 жыл бұрын

    seshollowaterboyz

  • @Franksta
    @Franksta10 жыл бұрын

    *tips fadora*