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Wholeheartedly agree with you that everyone's entitled to believe whatever they wish and I don't use the "as a scientist" as some dismissal of religion in its entirety. The relevance is that being a scientist comes with a certain way of thinking, of processing information and arriving at informed conclusions. In the absence of any evidence of something, Occam's Razor takes effect and the conclusion is simple - that it doesn't exist.

Anyway, not wishing to tangent the thread, which is a pretty profound question about mortality. Just wanted to address your remark with my perspective. No worries at all if you disagree or don't share my view
I work in a lab with a few devoutly religious folk that have backgrounds in a number of different scientific disciplines. I don't get it myself but "scientists" with religious beliefs are a lot more common than you think.

Anyway, back on topic. I lost my uncle to cancer around 6 months ago. He was given 2 years when he was first diagnosed and he was positive basically bringing forward his retirement plans and cashing in his pensions to fund it. The first few months were ok, he was doing whatever he wanted, catching up with old friends and enjoying the time he had left.

6 months after the diagnosis it all went down hill due to the chemo.
One health issue after another and he was spending more time in hospital than out. There was a massive change in his mental attitude - the positivity went and he was really irritable. His last few months were the worst thing I have ever witnessed, it breaks my heart thinking about what he had to go through.

I just don't think you can say how you'd deal with a terminal illness until you're in that position.


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