I used to think that, it makes >sense and all, but then think about this: We can't place ourselves in a >level of a certain state of being (namely death, here) solely because >we know that this state will eventually be reached. Think about a >flower, or a tree. Could you say it is dying when it begins to sprout >and reaches towards the sunlight? This plant is in a state of living, >and will continue to live unless it no longer has nutrients, water, or >sunlight. The difference with humans, however, it seems we are >wired to eventually die, regardless of what we feed ourselves. >However, in our defense we have creative minds which possess the >ability to overcome this. Not by technology, or science alone, but by >our offspring. We are not merely individual beings, but rather parts >of a much larger organism, humanity. If we let humanity become >malnourished with violence and ignorance and other such things, >society will slowly die.