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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I fould prefer this over drowning in lung fluid, or being slowly electrocuted also.

Heck, execution is preferable to how the average person lives their lives.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I remember seeing some war footage or something of a guy being executed from a meter away by a truck mounted .50 caliper gun. His head just disappeared. After my initial, holy shit! why did I just watch that, I thought, I can't think of a better way to go. Minus the buildup.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

personally I don't believe in an afterlife. I do believe that once your organs cease to function your brains gets a cocktail boost that sets you into a fast dreamlike state. think of it like a naturally induced coma that you might never wake up from.

in this state is when you have your "afterlife". I believe it's an evolved trait that allows the brain to survive as long as possible after a traumatic death.

In my perspective, shooting a person in the head is just about the worst thing you can do because it robs them of those final moments where they could possibly live out an entire lifetime.

I would much rather die naturally, but will gladly take a slow painful death that will guarantee me my final moments instead of a "blip you're dead forever" moment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I agree with this. It may even be a mechanism to send you off to the next realm or something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

You're entitled to your own personal beliefs, but you should know that your belief is inconsistent with the current scientific understanding of biology and consciousness.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

No one currently understands consciousness.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

What do you suppose is the case then?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

The human brain is a biological machine comprised of a very large number of simple components that follow the laws of physics. Some combinations of those components interacting in a certain way results in what we consider to be consciousness, but it’s still just a chemical reaction based on purely physical processes. When a brain’s components stop interacting in that way, its consciousness ceases to exist.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago

I believe that as soon as you are dead, your consciousness ends until the next time it is back. And since over an infinite amount of time, anything is inevitable. I am very afraid to die, because I'm afraid I won't stay dead. But yeah, I don't see why they waste chemicals, or electricity when bullets are cheap and humane.