Postponing Death
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Abstract
When is it time to let go? When does a person stop being a person? When does someone stop being themselves? As the end approaches, boundaries fade. Categorical systems collapse. We are left trying to make sense of vast amounts of continuous variables our brains find so hard to process (Kahneman, 2011). Wading through the mud, laboriously trudging forward, far away from safe, neat, controllable scenarios, we must, however, make decisions. We must face consequences; we must explain them.
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