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To: one_less who wrote (11970)	5/3/2002 6:58:54 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

I'm not really afraid of death but I think that would change quickly if faced with something that might cause my death in the near future. Or to put it another way I realize that I am going to die some day but I am not stressed out about that fact, however if someone starts shooting at me, or the doctor tells me I have inoperable brain cancer then I will almost certainly experience some fear. Tim

To: one_less who wrote (11970)	5/3/2002 8:29:10 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Respond to of 21057

I don't think people fear death as much as they fear ceasing to exist. I believe those are two different things, and I'm not sure that "fear" is the appropriate word to describe the second. I think "total aversion" might come nearer. Everyone accepts that death is inevitable, but no one wants to stop living if they can possibly help it (well, almost no one). I was reading about some research on how people behave in death threatening situations, such as survivable air crashes. The conclusion was that 95% will act to save themselves even if it means pushing ahead of others or trampling on them, or even abandoning loved ones. It seems that the instinct for survival trumps all else in most cases.