Ask HN: Would you want to know when and how you die?
5•JohnDSDev•1h ago
If you had a time machine, and the only thing you could use it for was to go see yourself in the future die would you use it or not? Why or why not?
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tim-tday•1h ago
You can use actuarial math and get pretty damned close. Like within five years with 80% confidence. Not as much romance in that as there is in a Time Machine.
kylecazar•1h ago
Definitely not. I've learned to live comfortably with the fact that I'll die one day (and really understand/internalize it). Knowing exactly when could potentially disturb the peace that I've found.
KomoD•1h ago
No, not really. It sounds stressful.
soulbadguy•56m ago
Is the information actionable ?
JohnDSDev•40m ago
No, in this scenario no matter what the death would happen exactly as you see.
mikewarot•37m ago
I'd be shown myself being murdered by the operator of the time machine, after asking far too many questions about its theory of operation.
Nope
JohnDSDev•17m ago
Ah, lol. Before you edited it I thought you meant you were going to see yourself commit suicide. (I assumed you were the one operating the time machine)
tim-tday•1h ago