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

[Sammy_Blaq]

You see knowing when one would die will deprive one of today's joy and does not guaranty tomorrow's joy. But at the same time, it would make me want to use every bit of my time judiciously and obviously one would be under pressure. It could make some people die faster than the said date infact. It's a two faced coin, but, personally i wouldn't want it.

[klaudja1998]

Me for myself I don't want to know when I'll die. It's just terrifying that's why it's better to let this in hands of God.

[Edwinowino]

I like to know when i will die because it helps us plan and get prepared for this is wisdom

[Gerry_9]

To be frank I would not want to have any idea of when I would die. There is a reason why God or nature made it impossible to know exactly when you die. There are arguments for and against. You could argue that such knowledge would give you an opportunity to put your house in order and close business. However look at the detrimental effect it would have on peoples lives. Some people would stop working others would go out settling scores. People and governments would lose commitment and focus in life. Such knowledge would be disruptive. In this issue I am conservative. We are better of not knowing.

[Misael Carlos]

Death is certain; that is a fact. However, knowing when your life will end is not important or necessary. What is more important is how you live it.

[Kelaine]

What a horrifying concept.
You could argue that knowing would allow you to live life to the fullest, say goodbye, wrap things up before you go, etc., but knowing that you will die one day, and that it might be tomorrow, wouldn't you want to be living a full life like that right now? All the time?
You could also argue that if you knew you would live another 50 years, you would live differently now. Take more risks, do more stupid things, go for the crazy experiences because you know you're not going to die anyway.
And then there's the whole concept of changing the future - or at least the intermediate future between now and the time you know you'll die, if your death date really is fixed - because you know when your future ends. But that's a whole other wormhole.

[mozamiller]

I believe knowing that you will die may be helpful to some people, but to others it could be harmful. It honestly depends on your personality or beliefs. Everyone knows once their mind has developed to a certain age of understanding that they won't live forever. After that age most people spend most of that time avoiding the subject all together until someone they know passes. If a technology were developed that could narrow down the time frame of death the consequences could be both positive and negative.

On the positive end, you would have the person that would want to spend as much time as possible with family and friends saying their goodbyes. They would probably have their favorite places they want to visit. They would get their affairs in order so their families wouldn't have to worry about anything and their services would be performed just they way they want it. Honestly, any responsible adult should already have these things done anyway, because one never knows what could happen.

On the negative end, a person could go off the deep end and do law bending extravagant things that can endanger others as well as themselves because they feel they have nothing to lose because they are going to die anyway. They are on borrowed time or death row so who cares? There is always the chance the technology could wrong. I had an cousin that was given 6 months to live twice. She lived 6 more years.

[Smokey-383]

I would hate to know when I am going to die. Too much pressure to finish things and/or do things. Instead, I am a firm believer in " live each day as if you are dying". If the technology were available, I would decline.

[Idokobestman]

I don't support the motion of knowing when you will die

[BadEditions]

I think a good way to gauge what it's like to know when you will die is looking at people who receive terminal illness diagnoses. Granted, they don't know exactly when they will die but that's the closest real life example we have. In many cases, they go into deep depression and struggle to find meaning in life. A few scramble to enjoy their time left, but all make their decisions based almost exclusively on their death.

Knowing when you will die is like being diagnosed with a terminal illness. Reactions may vary, but it will always be an anxiety-inducing dark cloud looming over your head. No, I think just knowing that I'll die is enough. Knowing exactly when is too much.

[grasshopper1]

I think it is scary. I would not like someone telling me when I was going to die. Mind you, freedom is at question here. The freedom to enjoy life without having to worry about when you are going to die. I think Gerry_9 hit it on the head.

[holsam_87]

I'm not sure if I would like to know when I die. On the one hand, it would be nice because then I could get my personal affairs handled and things would be set in motion. However, I feel like people should also live for the now and do it the fullest that they are capable, and not with the idea that one day they're going to die. It's a very ambiguous idea, but it was also interesting to see how the characters were handling it in their daily lives. I think that I would mostly panic and then be in denial before accepting it.

[onixpam]

I do not want to know when I will die because life is full of choices and these decisions are what shape a life, and those are the decisions that make you as a person, without that possibility life loses meaning.

[drexter1_sembreno]

Dying is an inevitable phenomena. It is like an epic poetry that will end with a period. but knowing the fact of the day you will die is another thing. it is both black and white. it also depends. i thinks it is a subjective thing. the action will totally be dependent to the person. i what way he or she will take the idea of him or her dying on the expected day. but after all to die is what is meant to happen.

[dgallois]

I would not like to know and that actually played a part in why I didn't pick that book to review. Books make me think what if... so if anything written by the author comes close to what is actually happening at the time it would freak me out a little. And I think that if you "peek" ahead, you forget to see the here and now.