Revealed preference: in the abstract, it's popular to argue for death. In specific cases, most people fight it. Why this difference? I suspect the answer is multi-factor. One factor may be coping: it's easier to tell yourself "I DO like spinach" if you're forced to eat it anywayhttps://twitter.com/LauraDeming/status/1031225159598845953 …
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There are people who really do like spinach. So it doesn't take such extreme mental contortions to try to be one, as to aspire to be a corpse.
I believe that if told they have a likely terminal form of some disease most of those people would still try to fight it.
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I have seen hundreds and hundreds people dying and I am not sure they are fighting at the very end.
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Thanks for the reply. I've known far fewer people who have died. I have observed people go from fighting to eventual acceptance. Do you have any sense of how common a pattern that is?
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