if you have a choice, would you prefer to know when you'll die or rather choose not to know. why?
2006-12-07 21:40:01 · 9 answers · asked by bulce g 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I'd prefer not to know
2006-12-07 21:41:59 · answer #1 · answered by jrsygrl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I had a choice I'd at least like to know that I had for instance "10 years more or less left to live". Then you could plan a little for the next 10 years. I wouldn't like to know the exact date and time no.
Not knowing when you will die is more pressure as you may put off doing something then find it's too late to do it. There will be others saying "well you should live for the day, so do it now" sometimes that's easier said than done.
2006-12-08 05:44:45 · answer #2 · answered by rose1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well... if I were the type of person who wants to live a fast life then I'd like to know how much time there is left in this big game we're playing in. He has to know how much time there is to make a difference or experiance life at present. But he'll get more stressed out when he realizes, "OMG, I can't do all this in my life time". But if your the type of person who wants to chill out take life easy, discover life's details and admire for even just a second in a day then you'd prefer not to know your time constraints. It would be best to choose to not to know your ultimate dimise/glory. In Chirstian belief, Man is a free being. God made us that way. In my opinion, I think I'll just choose to chill. I mean, time will only make you bound to a known limitation, but if there are no facts or visible constraints, then you'll be living a more open-ended life than one who knows, like us. So I would just choose to not know. I'll just appreciate life's details and live life freely, without constraints!
2006-12-08 05:46:49 · answer #3 · answered by gamapg 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd prefer not to know when I would die because then I would too concerned about trying to save myself that I wouldnt enjoy my life. However I think I would like to know how I was going to die just to be prepared for it.
2006-12-08 05:53:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to know, just because I like to plan ahead - but I can see why some people wouldn't like to know. Having said that, it'd be kinda spooky if you knew for sure you were gonna die on a certain day.. but I guess it would prepare you & your loved ones..
2006-12-08 05:43:24 · answer #5 · answered by scissorsophie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It wouldn't be any good to tell someone when they're going to die. It would eliminate the point of trying to improve your life just for it to turn into the nothing that you see as death, so as curious as I am about it, I really don't care to know.
2006-12-08 05:42:31 · answer #6 · answered by Cold Fart 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if i knew when i was gonna die im sure i could avoid it in a lot of situations
2006-12-08 05:44:32 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't want to know..
I Just put this qoute in my mind Live your day as your last day.
2006-12-08 07:00:44 · answer #8 · answered by moon me 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No need. Why? without knowing it is fine.
2006-12-08 05:45:35 · answer #9 · answered by Ari 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋