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Edited by steven0461, habryka, Multicore, et al. last updated 28th Mar 2024

Even if the stars should die in heaven
Our sins can never be undone
No single death will be forgiven
When fades at last the last lit sun.
Then in the cold and silent black
As light and matter end
We’ll have ourselves a last look back
And toast an absent friend.

– Song of Dath Ilan, Eliezer Yudkowsky

First you're there, and then you're not there, and they can't change you from being not there to being there, because there's nothing there to be changed from being not there to being there. That's death. This tag includes posts about the deaths of particular people, or about death in general.

Cryonicists use the concept of information-theoretic death, which is what happens when the information needed to reconstruct you even in principle is no longer present. Anything less, to them, is just a flesh wound.

See also

  • Cryonics
  • Shut up and multiply
  • Transhumanism
  • Personal identity
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Posts tagged Death
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DanielFilan
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1y
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151Daniel Dennett has died (1942-2024)
kave
1y
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192Cryonics and Regret
MvB
2y
37
32Being against involuntary death and being open to change are compatible
Andy_McKenzie
1y
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27Universal counterargument against “badness of death” is wrong
avturchin
4y
42
109The art of grieving well
Valentine
10y
23
84Thoughts on being mortal
Joe Carlsmith
5y
5
74SSA rejects anthropic shadow, too
jessicata
2y
38
63My attitude towards death
Richard_Ngo
4y
31
43Anthropically Blind: the anthropic shadow is reflectively inconsistent
Christopher King
2y
40
37What's the best overview of common Micromorts?
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Raemon, Davidmanheim
5y
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16Gary Gygax Annihilated at 69
Eliezer Yudkowsky
18y
20
276Toni Kurz and the Insanity of Climbing Mountains
GeneSmith
3y
70
215Too Soon
Gordon Seidoh Worley
4mo
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