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

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.

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.

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."

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.

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?!

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.

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My brother has been an ER/ intensive care physician for 40 years, our conscience survives after death. Some of the things he's witnessed builds faith and hope.

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.

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

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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.

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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.

I don´t fear death, I fear dying !

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

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.

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.

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

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..

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

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

SESH!

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

nobody gets out alive

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

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

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.

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'.

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.

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.

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.

This was amazing.

I fear the experience leading up to death.

This was so frickin' good.

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 :)

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

"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

I still fear death

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.

right on spot man, right on spot

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.

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.

Got me thinking rational. That's rational.

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.

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.

"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.

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

This video lelped me so mouch

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.

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".

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.

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

God help you Mr Cave.

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

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.

Religious people believe out of desire and fear

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

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

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

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

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

"Avatar in the Aether", new band name.

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

Why is everyone saying *SESH*?

I'm matter but I don't matter.

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

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

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When we die no god will come to wipe the tears of our parents and loved ones even though we believe god and pray every day . People will either burn or bury us no one will keep us and pray . Any living being is valued only until it has life and human is the only exceptional . Only our love , goodness , memories nd values lives forever .

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 🤔

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

How poetic is this guy...😂😂💘❤️⚡

if this is all cinema then this a five bagger

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

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.

We(real identity) are actually immortal.. our temporary bodies are not.

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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.. . .

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)

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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.

good speculation..Death is simply sleeping :)

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.

For what it's worth, my elderly aunty, who was born in about 1880 and was a very devout christian lady, was found dead in her bed with her arms crossed on chest ready to meet her maker.

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

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Just like always, not a single mention of the Pantheist world view, like Alan Watts'.

The day you leave this earth your body will notice!

There exist millions of wise women and men, who teach us, how we should behabe in our life in a nice way and that we exist further after our death. The probabality is very low, that they all war wrong. Natural sciences cannot yet investigate the question, if there exists life after death or if there exist an intelligent beiing like God. Therefore belief is needed, to be bold and take a big step, from scepticism to belief. I trust, that Jesus was an honest man and therefore believe in his teachings. And if his teachings would have been accepted, mankind would have avoided many wars.

we are not truly alive. we think we are .

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

But what if there is life after death , after life. What if this isn’t real life. You asked a lot of questions.

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

Best of all for mortal beings is never to have been born at all Nor ever to have set eyes on the bright light of the sun But, since he is born, a man should make utmost haste through the gates of Death And then repose, the earth piled into a mound round himself. Theognis

How come?