but this question interests me: If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
I would. I am quite the control freak. I would like to have everything in my life arranged so that the people around me would suffer as little as possible from my passing. I would get all of the people I love to come spend time with me in the week or so before the time. I would be less afraid to do “dangerous” things in advance. I would love to be able to know how important it was to show people that I loved them constantly. The problem with not knowing when you will die is that you put things off until “later.” Knowing would change that.
I know it’d be nice to know “no, this won’t kill you” but then the question becomes “what happens when the answer is ‘I can’t tell you this won’t kill you’?”
Tricksy.
We were just discussing this very question last night, with the new techniques on predicting the probability of certain cancers and other health issues. Like you, I’d want to know.
Wow. I’m a control freak, too, but I’m not sure I would want to know that. Hmmm. Maybe I’d like to find out, oh, a month before hand or something?
The problem with knowing is that you put things off until a month before.
no.
fucking.
way.
unless i could change it once i found out.