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Eliminating Death -- Part 9 -- Turning the Motivation Argument Around -- Video
After refuting the claim that immortal people would have no reason to strive and work in the present, Mr. Stolyarov turns this contention around and argues that mortal people have little reason to work to their full potential, because they will not be around long to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Many religions today offer a kind of ersatz-immortality, convincing people that they have an afterlife and therefore motivating them to see this world as merely a trial period for the next world, in which people must in some manner demonstrate their worthiness. But this substitute for immortality is merely an illusion; it is at best inferior to the certainty that this world exists and it is physically possible to continue existing in it and at worst outright false. However, it remains the case that most people do consider themselves to have a kind of immortality, which explains in part why they are motivated to work to the extent that they do.
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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.