What is worse? Death, or a life of pain?
Is a state of nonexistence(death) truly a negative, or is it the most neutral of all states?
If Omega told me that the rest of my life would be more painful than it was pleasant I would still choose to live. I think most others here would choose similarly (except in cases of extreme pain like torture).
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