“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”<p>Mark Twain
If we accept Nagel's perspective that death may not inherently be harmful to the individual who dies, how might this philosophy alter our societal or personal rituals around death, such as funerals or memorials?
Death is only scary because of its potential impermanence corroborated by the probability of existing in the first place. Being afraid of permanent death makes about as much sense as being afraid of going to sleep. Lots of words here for very little insight.