[ExI] Fear of Death { feelling/thought} Terry

[Lee Corbin]

Terry writes

(BTW, Terry, why do you put your name in the subject line?
I don't have a problem with it---it's just unusual, that's all.)

> Thoughts and feelings similar to fear of death arise from narcissistic 
> desire for immortality that evolved in the genetic evolution of the 
> human species.

I don't know how old you are, but let X = Terry's age. Then
would you call your desire to continue to live well past the
age X  *narcissistic*?  

Because I want to keep on living---forget immortality (let's
say that all matter is due to disintegrate in a few trillion years)
---why does that make me narcissistic?  Or does it?

> What makes us humans who fear death?

<sigh> Those in the EEA who didn't fear death often did
not leave behind as many viable offspring. That's why.
Clear enough?

Speaking very precisely, and not in the usual manner, it's
not death at all that I'm afraid of.  I merely regret not getting
to go on living.   Do you have a problem with that?

> Humans share about 98% DNA with other primates according to the recent 
> study/findings of the scientific method of investigation. The other 2% 
> {a well -developed cortex} makes all the difference between humans and 
> the apes. A well-developed brain in humans have the potentiality to 
> reason, to use technological advancement and a language/scientific 
> method to investigate beliefs of reality, thoughts and memes.

Yes.  And reason tells me that if my life is worth living for a certain
(future) interval Y - X, then I would rather be alive than dead 
during that interval.  Is there a particular reason that you don't
want to be alive during the interval  2350 A.D. -  2650 A.D.?

Lee