Death and Consciousness

If you're not embodied you can't die and there's no particular need to be anything.

I doubt that minds survive death. Anything's possible, of course. But expecting survival seems iffy.Here's the cool thing, however. You'll never know that you're dead. And, unless you're being executed, you'll never know for sure that you're dying. Or at least, the experience probably won't last for very long.

There is an assumption here that all conciousness and experience ceases at the moment of death, which doesn’t agree with many people’s beliefs. If there is an afterlife, it is entirely possible you’ll find yourself in a universe where you have died.

How do you know that being dead isn't better than being alive?

>don't take my word for it; try it out - when you die, think to yourself "wow, I'm still conscious without a body!"https://goo.gl/4BjcTmCome on :^) What the hell kind of argument is this supposed to be?

The universe may or may not exist when one dies.

There is none. And death doesn't exist either (it is just an abstraction made up by humans). You are part of the universe, and as such will remain alive. When you "die" (note the quotes), the universe loses a bit of consciousness, but there is plenty of it remaining.

Perhaps it is if you want to get lost in the philosophical implications. Practically, you would perceive exactly as you did while alive.

The universe doesn’t exist when you die?

First of all, I don't "hypothesize" anything - I am just pointing out what seems to be the obvious answer to "what happens when you die?". When the brain is damaged or undergoes chemical changes, we know that consciousness seems to disappear. There is no strong evidence to think this is different upon the death of any organism.Second, I find your puzzlement with the fear of nonexistence utterly incoherent. Humans are born with the desire to live. We don't want to