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Or else Immortal Supermen(TM) would have progressed so far that they will enjoy wireheading as an occasional treat, like drinking a glass of some highly regarded wine with dinner.
No. The proper wireheading would max out your utility all the time forever. This would be the one scenario I think the anti-deathists can use to prove death is bad. If everything was perfect for everyone all the time forever, then immortality seems okay.
A significant portion of humanity believes that death will bring them to a state indistinguishable from wireheading (everything perfect, nothing changes).
If you mean heaven, then yes. And this is the argument a proponent of immortality could make that seems solid to me.
It could still be argued this 'heaven' situation is no better than not existing, since not existing via death can't be compared to living in any meaningful way.