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Eliminating Death -- Part 12 -- Cognitive Dissonance and Euphemisms Regarding Death -- Video
Mr. Stolyarov discusses the most rampant cognitive dissonance in all of humanity. Most sane, reasonable, non-sadistic people perceive the death of any individual – even a disagreeable or hostile individual – as a tragedy.
Yet many of those same people see death in general as natural or even desirable. This is a blatant contradiction that can only be morally resolved in one way – in thinking that death on any level is a horrendous calamity. Throughout human history, most individuals have been prevented from confronting this cognitive dissonance because of a series of euphemisms used to avoid referring to individual death as death. Mr. Stolyarov advises everyone to stop using expressions such as “Person X has passed on.” or “Person X is no longer with us.” or even references to “the late Person X.” Rather, it is best to call events by their proper names and refer to deceased people as dead, in order to bring clarity to the exact nature of the situation.
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G. Stolyarov II is an actuary, science fiction novelist, independent philosophical essayist, poet, amateur mathematician, composer, contributor to Enter Stage Right, Le Quebecois Libre, Rebirth of Reason, and the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Senior Writer for The Liberal Institute, former weekly columnist for GrasstopsUSA.com, and Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator, a magazine championing the principles of reason, rights, and progress. Mr. Stolyarov also publishes his articles on Helium.com and Associated Content to assist the spread of rational ideas. He holds the highest Clout Level (10) possible on Associated Content and is one of Associated Content's Page View Millionaires. Mr. Stolyarov has also written a science fiction novel, Eden against the Colossus, a non-fiction treatise, A Rational Cosmology, and a play, Implied Consent. You can watch his YouTube Videos. Mr. Stolyarov can be contacted at gennadystolyarovii@yahoo.com.
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Learn about Mr. Stolyarov's novel, Eden against the Colossus, here.Read Mr. Stolyarov's comprehensive treatise, A Rational Cosmology, explicating such terms as the universe, matter, space, time, sound, light, life, consciousness, and volition, here.