Редактирование: Deathism (раздел)

== Areas ==
=== In society ===
[[File:Deathism.jpg|right|thumb|A Deathist and [[Feminism and transhumanism|feminist]] intersectional view]]
Popular memes include:<ref>[http://listverse.com/2012/12/12/10-terrifying-downsides-to-immortality/ 10 Terrifying Downsides to Immortality]</ref>

* Global Decay - [[life extension and overpopulation risk|overpopulation]] and severe environmental issues
* Relative Time - suggesting memories will decay in time
* Mental Decay - such as dementia, but this is why we need to increase our [[healthspan]] and well as lifespan
* Severe Social Divides - [[oligarchic transhumanism|oligarchy]]
* No Value - devaluation of time-bound human experiences
* Monotony - the idea that we won't be able to find infinitely creatively things to do and kill ourselves
* No Social Progression - freezing of current social norms
* No Retirement or Welfare - probably a fair point on the retirement front. But what if we have [[universal basic income]] and make it to a post scarcity society?
* Useless Criminal Punishments - implying today's punishments are useful
* Violent Death - discounting [[posthuman transhumanism]]

A [[LessWrong]] essay defends deathism for the benefits of:<ref>[https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Fn8Kru2kaGRZCGTKx/a-defense-of-senexism-deathism A defense of Senexism (Deathism)]</ref>

* The association of the wisdom of senescence
* Association with risk taking and
** Desire for outdoorsy activities
** Desirable competitive behaviour
** Incentive for socialisation

=== Media ===
Acceptance and even glorification of death is popular in all kinds of media be it song,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQcUyhoxTg Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper 1976 Studio Version]</ref> film,<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Angels_%28film%29 City of Angels (film)]</ref> often as a critique of [[immortalism]].

=== Medicine ===
Currently, it is commonplace to withhold certain medical treatments and utilise 'do not resuscitate' orders in accordance to patients wishes or with chronically ill or the elderly in exceptionally poor heath, toeing a line on euthanasia.

Some medical professionals have labelled investment in cancer research as a 'waste', relative sudden or painful deaths from organ failure or dementia.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/cancer-is-best-death-so-dont-try-to-cure-it-says-doctor-9952361.html Cancer is the 'best death' – so don't waste billions trying to cure it, says leading doctor]</ref>
=== Religion ===
Certain [[atheistic transhumanism|atheistic]] perspectives attribute the influence of [[Religion and transhumanism|religion]] as the cause of deathism.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zoltan-istvan/should-atheists-confront-_b_9303396.html To Ensure a Future of Transhumanism, Atheists Should Confront the Deathist Culture Religion Has Sown]</ref> Despite this assertion, many secular [[humanism|humanists]] share a comparable attitude towards the acceptance of death.

The immoralist [[Church of Perpetual Life]] advocates 'ending deathism'.<ref>[https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/78k8qq/the-church-of-perpetual-life-wants-to-end-deathism-transhumanism The Church of Perpetual Life Wants to End Deathism]</ref>

=== Scientific progress ===
Physicist Max Planck touted Planck’s Principle:<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%27s_principle Planck's principle]</ref>
<blockquote>A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents '''eventually die''', and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.</blockquote>
Many paradigm shifts have only occurred after the death of a generation of incumbent scientists.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2015/12/21/are-scientists-blocking-their-own-progress/?utm_term=.2a15fdd7e761 Are scientists blocking their own progress? ]</ref> The implications is that the scientific establishment is driven significantly more by inertia than reason in some cases. Does this support death as catalysing function to scientific progress, or does it have more to say about the limits of scientific rationality?