From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!rocheste!sher Newsgroups: net.philosophy Title: what should one be afraid of Article-I.D.: rocheste.749 Posted: Mon Feb 21 20:39:10 1983 Received: Tue Feb 22 06:32:02 1983 From: David.Sher I am not really sure if I am afraid of death or not (I avoid it however) but to consider a more general question what are people afraid of and why. How afraid are you of pain (not so afraid so as to give up using the computer which is surely a pain). If we understood fear then we would have a better shot at understanding fear of death. -David Sher (oftimes AI project)