Why do we have such a negative reaction to death? Why is it even necessary to imagine the possibility of Dylar?
“Remember the saucer-shaped pill?”
“Of course,” she said. “A super piece of engineering.”
“I found out what it’s designed to do. It’s designed to solve an ancient problem.
Fear of death. It encourages the brain to produce fear-of-death inhibitors.”
“But we still die.”
“Everyone dies, yes.”
“We just won’t be afraid,” she said.
“That’s right.”
“Interesting, I guess.”