• defame@lemmy.world
    56·
    6 months ago

    No, it proves that if you’re getting killed anyway, it’s a wise choice to pick the less painful option

  • ULS@lemmy.ml
    72·
    6 months ago

    It’s survival instinct. Survival instinct is extremely hard to overcome.

      • ULS@lemmy.ml
        72·
        6 months ago

        When faced with death it’s hard not to try to survive. It’s natural to seek the lesser. It’s not really a choice people have. Sorry if that still doesn’t make sense… I don’t really know how to convey it.

        Edit: dying isn’t the hard part. I think I almost died once and it was relaxing. My vision just faded and I felt really calm and ready to go. But that’s not the case when put in a life or death situation because the body has instinct to want to survive. It will take the less of the two evil so to speak.

        The statement in the image is true. But I don’t understand why it’s presented as it is… It’s just kind of biology. Just something that is.

        • Ann Archy@lemmy.worldOP
          3·
          6 months ago

          Thank you for taking the time. It’s natural to seek the lesser, what is the lesser?

          For me, death would be the lesser. When faced with death, we fight at our absolute hardest to stay alive.

          I understand what you are saying, a little bit, thank you.

          The meaning of this quote from Paths of Glory for me is, it is not death we fear, we fear the pain and suffering…

          I think the point is, we should not fear death in the face of doing the right thing, because we can die for a good cause without feeling fear, because it’s just pain.

          So to speak: It is easier forgetting the rejection, than talking to the girl…

          • Lung@lemmy.world
            31·
            6 months ago

            This is a false dichotomy, you can fear both death and pain. In this case the quote starts with the premise that you’re dying anyway. A much more interesting question is 100% death by machine gun VS 80% chance of death by stabbing. Would you risk the 20% chance of survival in the face of massive pain and perhaps being crippled? Or would you just take the fast death?

            I’d like to think I’d take my chances with living. In which case the fear of death > fear of suffering (with high chance of death)

            Separately: dying for a “good cause” is a highly subjective opinion. I wouldn’t do it, except maybe out of pure love for a family member, in that 1/1000000000 hypothetical of taking a bullet. Doesn’t really happen in practice that you get to trade your life for another, they’ll just be shot already by the time you react