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Death is only a relevant concept to the living. Someone who understands nothing about their existence, who has no desires, no memories, can't possibly understand death.

If I cut my arm off, I'm "murdering" trillions of organisms. Is that immoral?

I think suffering is only possible to much more complex organisms. You can't mourn if you don't remember for example.



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