Tag: death
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Bella Addormentata, living, dying.
Bella Addormentata, the new film of Marco Bellocchio, draws the audience's attention to the importance of the right to euthanasia. Weird times we live in... A long time ago philosophers pondered on the right to live. Now, having forgotten who we are, we fight for the right to die...
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Science disproves Death... A nice surprise.
A new scientific theory (Biocentrism) refines the notions of space, time and life and makes us see the truth which many people see already: that what we call the "end" is the end only if you believe in humans being nothing more than bones, flesh and blood. [1] Really good news that there are believing…
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Our life is not our own...
Our life is not our own... [Cloud Atlas] As simple as it may sound, this phrase has a profound meaning and can liberate a person from its anxiety. We all talk about "OUR live" as if it is our property. However we do not know why we are here. We do not know where we…
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Immortality: Overrated.
The tiny freshwater polyp Hydra does not show any signs of aging and is potentially immortal. [1] There is a rather simple biological explanation for this: these animals exclusively reproduce by budding rather than by mating. Would we want to be Immortals? Dying is part of life and yet we are so obsessed with bypassing…
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Future affecting the past 2: The creepy coincidence of Richard Parker(s)...
In Edgar Allan Poe's only novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, published in 1838, Richard Parker is a mutinous sailor on the whaling ship Grampus. After the ship capsizes in a storm, he and three other survivors manage to catch a tortoise to eat while stranded on the sea. However after some days they have…
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