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What will happen if human beings are aware when they are gonna die?

Asked by imrainmaker (8380points) July 7th, 2018

Will it be a good thing or bad thing to know? What will be the impact on overall life?

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SQUEEKY2's avatar

You mean like years down the road?
Because I think we all clue in when it’s down to weeks and days.

Because like if I knew 6 years from now on Thursday the 2nd it’s all over,it would definitely change how I view things today.

imrainmaker's avatar

Not to the day exactly but I meant no of years like a person is aware he’ll live for 70 years like that.

SQUEEKY2's avatar

Hell I already know pretty much the number of years , NO man in our family has made it past 85, so if an illness or accident doesn’t take me out first, 85 is the golden number.

LadyMarissa's avatar

I think it would drive me crazy!!! I had a friend who had cancer & the doctors told her to get her affairs in order because she had less than 6 months to live. She died 8 years later. She was afraid to go to sleep at night for fear that she hadn’t done everything she should have done just in case she didn’t wake up the next morning. That would make me insane!!!

I’d think it would help to give us incentive to live our life to the fullest though!!!

Yellowdog's avatar

The greatest gift is to get to choose the way you will die. It will not be immediate but relatively soon. Even though, you wouldn’t know the exact day or hour.

stanleybmanly's avatar

It would mean the death of the life insurance industry, and a boom in bucket list businesses.

kritiper's avatar

Panic! They’ll probably commit suicide because they can’t stand the tension of the wait at the end.

imrainmaker's avatar

^Why would anyone panic if they know for sure for how much time they’re gonna live?

LadyMarissa's avatar

I’m at the age where death is fairly eminent. I have made peace/accepted that my life is nearing its end. The one thing that bothers me is HOW it’s going to end!!! We are born to die. The second we take our first breath, we are working towards our last. I just have NO desire to learn HOW I’m going to leave here!!!

kritiper's avatar

@imrainmaker Think about it! If you knew you were going to die tomorrow, how would you feel today??

mrainer's avatar

I can’t speak for everybody, but I would have mixed feelings about knowing when I’d die. I think I would be good at organizing and time management, however.

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