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A recent article on prolonging death makes me wonder: how hard should we try to stay alive? While the group presented -- strongly religious people -- are more likely to do whatever it takes to keep alive, is it even ethical to do so? Often, these efforts are expensive, futile, and if the subject is already very old, a very temporary solution. Our culture is so death-phobic -- we bury our dead in a distant cemetary and do anything to continue to look young -- it seems absurd. Still, a group that is more interested in life is more likely to last over time.

Also, this isn't entirely religious people: George Carlin, a very public atheist, was very much in favor of anything that would keep him alive (transcript - at the bottom).