Why don't we want to die, what's so wrong with dieing? Why does every fiber of our being wish to live? Every single thing we do is tied to the WILL TO SURVIVE.. why do we want to live? is death that bad?
2006-09-20 16:04:24 · 17 answers · asked by angelus 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
some days i feel like going extinct, just for a little while.
2006-09-20 16:05:54 · answer #1 · answered by dimbulb52 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its programmed into our genetic and physio-psychological makeup.
Once upon a time, there were those who did not care about living, and that's why you no longer see them today. The residual beings are those who care about living and reproducing (generally). But there are those among us to whom it would matter not if humans were around in the next generation.
Yet others (doomsday prophets and the like) would hope that man would not have to live to see tomorrow.
Me, I just feel the rest of the species would be much better off without man.
Diversity is the spice of life. And then you die.
2006-09-21 04:38:50 · answer #2 · answered by Tuna-San 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The instinct for survival is hardwired into our nervous system due to approximately four million years of conditioning. "If you're alive you want to survive" is the way my anthropology prof. put it.
We associate death with extreme pain and our nervous system is structured in a way that lures us away from destructive, harmful behaviour towards more pleasurable, safer pursuits.
It's simple, you don't want to do things that hurt you. You want to do things that make you feel good. Avoiding extreme pain at all costs is one of them. Having sex is another. The desire for sex is tied into our species' desire to further itself into the future by having babies.
Why does it matter if our species went extinct? Well...it doesn't matter to other species. But, it matters to us as a species that mostly thinks it's alone in the universe.
Many cultures (including western culture) think that death is merely a transitional stage. But on a personal level we abhore death because of the unknown. What's the other side like? Will I still be me? Will I still exist? Will I be able to think and behave the way I do now? These are all questions that scare us simply because we haven't experienced death. And, what you haven't experienced may intrigue you or scare you depending on what type of person you are.
2006-09-20 23:34:05 · answer #3 · answered by crazyninjadudeguy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
creatures other than human beings have no thinking,quetioning, and discriminative power. They are born by instinct, live by instinct and die either by expiry of the term of life or killed by another.
Human being is different from others. The fear of death is inbound in him also.He does not want to die because he likes to continue his enjoyment on this earth. Hindu philosophy explains this in a different way. A bird caged for a long time hesitates to fly out even if the door of the cage is opened because it has begun to feel secure inside the cage.So is the case of a human being. Th Jeeva or life spark in encased in the body cage for along time
begins to get attached to the cage and does not like to leave it.
But by his reason he knows that death is inevitable and a day will surely come when he will be forced to leave. This fear lurks inside every one.There is another kind of fear which lurks inside us and that is after death the jeeva will again enter another womb and has to suffer the pangs of confinement in an uterus and suffer the difficulty of coming out. The fear of repetitive birth and
death is so deeply embossed that the Jeeva tries not to leave the body which it is having.There is no option .Once a jeeva takes birth it has to die also.
2006-09-21 11:44:05 · answer #4 · answered by Brahmanda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's engraved into every living things DNA to have some kind of will to survive and carry on the species. There are always exceptions to this of course, that's why we have suicides and such. I really dont care for living, it's a big pain the *** and I'm looking forward to when I die.
My theory on life is this; Without life to observe existance, there would be no reason for existance. Therefore the reason for living is simply to exist. Whether you enjoy it or not is up to you, but life as a whole will always want to exist.
2006-09-20 23:17:26 · answer #5 · answered by zooba 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the begining, only creatures with the strongest will to survive and reproduce made it. Therefore, every suceeding generation was genetically programmed to survive and reproduce. Millions of years of evolution have hard-wired those drives into us, and all other living creatures (that have made it this far). If we didn't have that drive, mankind would have died out long ago.
The other aspect of your question deals more with our fear of the unknown. 'Death is the great unknown'...since we don't know what is on the otherside of death, we fear it.
2006-09-20 23:16:45 · answer #6 · answered by Star G 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure why creatures have a will to survive. It doesn't make any sense to me. It actually seems selfish to procreate, knowing that the earth will eventually cease to exist and nothing really matters. It's a peaceful thought, nonexistence.
2006-09-20 23:18:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well if your parents thought that way before they decided to create you,we would have never had to be answering your question now.Why shouldn't everything run its course in life and then create another to take its place???Death isn't bad if you make something good of your life before you die and if you're tired of living I suggest you make it right with your maker and take a bow!!!!!!!!
2006-09-20 23:24:40 · answer #8 · answered by Ali.D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The more I think about it the less it makes sense but it is all about the propagation of the species-not just human either. I don't think it has anything with dying though. Viruses, animals, plants all seem to have that will to propagate their own species.
2006-09-20 23:13:30 · answer #9 · answered by igɳo★ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Living is an instinct; so it is to protect the being, from dying.
Death isn't bad...it's just the cessation of the being, as in its current form.
2006-09-20 23:13:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really wouldn't matter much if humanity went extinct. None of us would be around to care.
2006-09-20 23:11:52 · answer #11 · answered by Joe Rockhead 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋