I wouldn't want to know that. Imagine even if you get to know only a part of that knowledge, for instance, you get to know that you will die on a Tuesday or within a specific month. With that information in mind you would dread every upcoming Tuesday (or a specific month) and in the end it all may lead up to a self fulfilling prophecy.
this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2024
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For sure. Though you can never really know. I look at death statics for my age and area every once in a while to adjust my risk taking or too see what health concerns I should be prepping for.
Knowledge is half the battle and all
I'd take a 1 year heads up warning
Absolutely. Making sure I have a huge life insurance policy, but getting it far ahead enough to avoid questions of fraud would be worth it.
No. It's all I would think about
No, I like surprises
Yes so I can prepare.
I donβt know bruh, Iβm depressed enough already.
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Yeah. I come from a family of hoarders, and I'm a little cluttery myself. I always worry that I'll die unexpectedly and they'll be unable to part with god knows what random shit they find in my apartment. If I knew when I was gonna die, I'd schedule someone to come help me trash my belongings the day before. I'd set aside the actually nice stuff for them, but no one needs to convince themselves that a broken USB drive I used to keep porn on or a torn up canvas is super sentimental and they need to hold onto it forever.
Yes. Though I wouldnβt want to know the exact day if I could help that. Knowing the year or month would be enough to plan. To have a will. To say the things I want to say to those I care about. To make peace with the end. To do what I can of a bucket list and to feel a bit more secure up to that point not worrying about death.
No, because as soon as I accept that knowledge, the wave function collapses and my future becomes deterministic.
I'd like to be able to hear it then if I wanted to choose to forget
Probably not. Knowing this would be hard not to be consumed with a countdown.
And besides, it seems like living in a timeline where this kind of knowledge is even possible has so many other implications. Does the knowledge come with the scenario that everything you may try to do to stop it only puts you closer to the outcome?