[Nate]

This page of this thread confuses me. Nepsotic seems to be making complete sense and everyone else isn't.

Let's lay some groundwork:
OANST's post about fearing the loss of life in terms of accomplishments not met: I don't think anyone is disputing this point.

However, some people seem to fear death beyond that level. Some people fear the concept of death even after a long life of incredible acheivement. I don't understand why.

A few pages back, there was a discussion about the concept of nothingness after death. Some people found that concept frightening and stated it in such a way that it seemed like they thought they would be floating in infinite blackness for eternity. Death as sensory deprivation, effectively. As far as I can see, Nepsotic is responding specifically to those people and no-one else. He's saying that nothingness isn't frightening because you won't be conscious of the nothingness.


So, if you're going to post in this thread now, please make it clear who you're responding to, what you think that person is saying and what your point is.