No, you're just an finite subset unfortunately.

Not that I give two kardashevs about it.

Deepak? Nah. But India loves me. Probably because I took a Danny Boyle idea and made it happen pretty ****ing nastily.

Bai, Greek ****.

In what sense do you imagine that you know someone who died 10,000 years ago, so that you would be supporting the OP that how people think about them after they die would matter? What is it that you think about them specifically?

How snap peas tasted to them. How they interacted with canines given that 10k years ago, verbal language was warning and a way of creating exterior borders within a clan or interspecies territory, etc.

They distinguished themselves but no cognomen since this is a time before the Dynasties and seven hills.


Coffee beans. Assume as tautology that you did not know those people in the first place but they showed up when you backraised the first 13.7 billion years, and maybe we can be on the same page, sometimes.

Aside to PTB: ye to the ****ing y. embed ftw.

Morning, nephews.

Utter nonsense, but some of the most 'out there' trolling I've seen. Kudos dude, you would get on well with Gary Larson.

We're done though, I don't think you have anything 'real' to say.

Mightyboosh,

Feel your eyes. Or lack of.

ENJOI!

Still hoping to be, sorry for my tone in this thread? Adding you to an unfortunately short list.

Mightyboosh,

I take nothing personally except as a turn of character.

These forums are meant to be places where one can leave it all on the boards.

We good.

Well For me i dont really care that much.
as long as the remaining members of my family has a place to stay and are earning well. thats good enough for me

Not at all. How come?

Strange reactions in this thread. Of course everyone, religious and atheist alike, should care about after-life reputation. If I have a good reputation, this will lead to more happiness for those carrying on than if I am remembered as a bastard. Utility is increased at no cost.

I clicked to recant but ^ yeah.

If it increases the quality of my cooperative harem and its intelligence, yes, I do.

Conversely, if you were a bastard they might be glad that you're dead and that might increase their level of happiness. So there seems to be no advantage to having a particular type of reputation.

So, I remain unconcerned about my reputation, especially as no one will remember me for long anyway.

The only actual ****s that will be given about my death will be from my immediate family, so no, I don't care about this.. post-death rep. Your family knows you best and loves you anyway. Other people DGAF and don't matter.

How do you know your family, society, the earth and the universe exist after your subjective experiences comes to an end (death)?

Even taking the assumption that your family does exist after your death, is it necessary for one to care about their post-death reputation in order to live an altruistic life? in order to be remembered positively?

Why do some non-religious people care about their post-death reputation?

I haven't found the reasons provided by non-religious posters here, the least bit convincing or logical for that matter. They're faith-based, emotionally-clouded, and fundamentally no different to religious reasons.

Whether you will be remembered positively post-death, does not solely depend on whether you care about the way you're remembered post-death.

So then, why care for it?

Because the universe or the people in it will somehow matter to you post-death?

How so?

I think this question to be very important for people to consider more closely.

Sooo...Bump^

It's really very simple I care about my post death reputation among the people I care about my reputation in life. If people that I care about think I am awful post mortem it is likely they think I am awful in life and I that is not what I want.

People's perception of me and my effect on their well-being is dependent on more than me being alive or dead. Similarly, there exists an enormous amount of people who are important to me after their death. Some through massive impacts on the world, some through direct personal connections, some through their effects on people close to me. Why should I be an exception?

If you want to believe that the universe ceases to exist upon your death and / or that your own presumed end of awareness means you shouldn't care about how people see you after you're dead, fine by me.

I, however, happen to live in a social world where the effects of interaction do not magically disappear because people die, thus I live my life accordingly. All empirical evidence supports the basis of my view. To call it "illogical" is nothing but empty hyperbole.

ET TU, SALLUST?

I'll leave this here but "...than me being alive or dead..."

So go have a two scoop ice cream cone or something. I do have this covered and so does the Swagger girl. (:

While being alive the thought of people thinking badly of me is uncomfortable. Even if that is just in the future. I don't want to think right now that people will think badly of me later on.

Is it possible for people that you care about to think you're awful (post-death), even though you cared about your post-death reputation?

Similarly, is it possible for people that you care about to think you're amazing (post-death), even though you didn't care about your post-death reputation?
What empirical evidence supports the basis of the view that interactions continue after your death?

You may respond and tell me how it would be impossible to provide evidence of that, and as such we must rely on indirect evidence. But in this case, I'd expect you to be a bit more careful with your use of the word 'support'. Empirical evidence suggests...

It's illogical because it is faith-based. Your evidence is insufficient. I personally, don't know what happens after I die. But I make no faith-based assumptions in caring only about the way I'm perceived while alive.
Is it possible for people that you care about to think you're awful (post-death), even though you cared about your post-death reputation?

Similarly, is it possible for people that you care about to think you're amazing (post-death), even though you didn't care about your post-death reputation?

Yes.

Firstly I am not aiming to have a particular post-death reputation, I think the post death reputation I have, among those I care about, is a function of how I behave while alive, if all I wanted was a great post death rep it may actually be harder for me to achieve one, there is no necessary correlation between my wishes for my post death rep, in as much as I have them, and people thinking of me that way.

There is no necessary correlation indeed, and your post-death rep is predominantly a function of how you behave while alive.

So why care about it?

Why not just care about the way you treat others while alive?

What would Machiavelli say?

That rating one's post-death rep, is overrated.

And something else about faking your own death.