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Death & Time

Death & Time

Neil ruminates on the big questions.

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Aug 28, 2023
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I’ve been pondering death recently. It’s a thing I do more or less regularly and to a greater or lesser degree depending on my mood. A couple of weeks ago I was thinking about that old adage, probably Greek: “It’s best not to have been born at all”. It doesn’t take a logician to realise that in and of itself it’s nonsense, and it’s more a judgement on l…

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