What do you think about the idea of knowing when you will die?

[Dbastock]

It would certainly help to get your final preparations made, but I think it would take the fun and mystery out of life. Unfortunately I think some time in the fairly not too distant future Science will be able to determine this.

Being able to determine this might also create more divisions and classes of people. Imagine applying for a job and a background check shows the company would only get 5 years out of you. You might not get the job. Insurance companies would rate differently and Health Care might determine it wouldn't be worth the cost to treat someone who would die soon anyway leading to premature death or euthanasia.

So no, I would not want to know when I would die, and I don't want anyone else to know when I am to die either.

[FloresJulian99]

My opinion on this question is its impossible to know if someone is going to pass it would be helpful to make you think of choices you should make before the consequences take place whether you tried it didnt. You never know the things that can go wrong in just the matter of seconds. I've been around death a lot and at the age of 14 i had a chance to almost save a woman's life that was overdosing I failed in which she was found the next morning where I left her I had asked her questions but she drugged up she could still throw words and answers and move her head around so she could somewhat understand what I was asking sometimes. I had asked her if she felt like she needed to go the the hospital I asked her if she felt like she was going to die in her sleep cause I heard about my aunt that overdosed she passed in her sleep but all she did was turn to her kid's that were crying on the floor and said I'll be ok. I said alright went home and fell asleep next morning her daugher comes running through saying my mom won't wake up. She thought she'd be fine so the idea of knowing if we were going to die could be very helpful to help with life choices and it would affect of other people's life so they wouldn't have to live with guilt thinking they could save someone's life instead they would know that the person knew they were going to pass and not feel as terrible that's my opinion.

[John85]

Don't think it is a good idea to know the last day of your existence, this will cause some to pose more hazard to themselves and to others, the power of the fear of the unknown is hard to tame.

[John85]

I Don't think it is a good idea to know the last day of your existence, this is because it might cause some to pose more hazard to themselves and to others. I think The power of the fear of the unknown is too hard to tame.

[krithikagowri]

Personally ,I would prefer not to know when I will die. The mystery and uncertainty of this event is what makes life interesting. Also it helps to appreciate little things. I think knowing when a person will die , makes him/ her unhappy and dissatisfied.

[Tsundoku_diva]

I like the idea of being able to wrap things up. In reality though, I think if we know when we will pass then we will do things differently. We won't enjoy the time simply because we will be counting down until it's over. I'd rather not know and just enjoy time with my family.

It is the joy of surprises and no spoilers

[maggiechap]

I honestly wouldn't want to know. I put enough pressure on myself now to get things done, I feel like this would just make it worse and would overall hinder my goal of enjoying life a little bit more.

[Nena_Morena]

I don't think we are meant to know when we die. Personally, I don't want to know it because it would change my thoughts and my actions. Knowing myself I wouldn't enjoy the days I have left and the people that I love.

[00LynnMarie]

I don't think I would want to know when I was going to die. I feel like some things just aren't for us to know. If you did want to go that route, you could use it to play the hero. If you see someone attacking someone else you can go ahead and save them because you know that it is not your day to die. This of course depends on whether or not your actions can affect your fate. That discussion then turns to whether or not we actually have free will and before you know it you have spiraled so far down the rabbit hole you can't find your way back to where you started.

[Tbunde5]

Let’s not forget that the watch is not an all-knowing thing. It is limited to predicting death based solely on health. It can register heart rate, blood pressure, and the like that are predictors to the final notice. That doesn’t preclude someone from being run over by a bus or killed in a car accident. As the creators of the watch state, it only gives the same information as a doctor, if more accurate and timely. It stands to reason that, once given a final notice, one could change circumstances and thus postpone death (except in cases of disease I suppose). Would the character have died from a heart attack if he hadn’t gotten so stressed out by his step son? If he had quit drinking or smoking?

We are all going to die someday. With or without a final notice. It’s what we do with our life that really matters.

[sharma niyati]

I like the idea of knowing when will i die as it'll sort of will give me closure and if I am aware beforehand about when I'll die then maybe I'll be able to do good to even the people who I don't like much because what matters the most when we are gone is the legacy we leave behind

[SamanthaDonlan]

It's sort of a double edged sword... I think that if the government had the technology it should be released as an optional service so that if you'd like to know you could. But only after extensive studies on the effect of the knowledge in the test group. It seems like the kind of information that could lead to mass hysteria. I personally wouldn't want to know unless it was changeable, like not boarding a plane or something. If they had the ability to only show preventable deaths I guess I would be in. I haven't read the book yet, but it sounds real interesting.

[akj_30]

Hi Everyone,

I am not in favour to know how much my life is remaining, this will imbalance the nature.

If science can measure our life time than it can be possible to change which is not good for nature.

I know it will be benifical for those who are suffering from any discease for a long time and not getting improvement then will prefer to die and will try to change its life cycle by this method.

[n-dai che]

I don't like the idea that this simple watch would predict my death. It is like inquiring a spiritist. Only God knows.

[mcfeealexis]

Having the knowledge of knowing the day when you are going to die is not a great idea. I know this idea came from a fiction world but we has humans are very curious creatures and with this knowledge would become obsessed over it. It Sciencist had this knowledge they would be see has gods and they would take that advantage and control society. Having them release this information if they found a way to tell when you die is hard to determine. This is a great break through in science and it would help in other advancement in science but anything that can help can also hurt in the long run.