And I would rather die a thousand deaths."

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I would be--every 5 minutes that person will die, we will have a new person, despite having the same personality.

我会--，每过5分钟,那个人就会死一次，新的一个人又产生了，只不过他拥有同样的人格。

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Still, when these people were asked what would happen when they would die, most of them answered, "I'm going to go to Heaven."

当被问到,他们死后会发生些什么时,大部分人都回答说,"我将会步入天堂"

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If I'm right in thinking immortality would be undesirable, then the fact that we're going to die is good, because it guarantees that we won't be immortal, which would be a nightmare, an unending nightmare.

如果永生不值得期许的观点是对的，那么我们终将一死的事实是好的，因为它保证我们不得永生，那是恶梦，一场永无止尽的恶梦。

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If that would've been worth having, then-- if the next chunk of my life would've been worth having-- then it's bad for me that I die now instead of living for the next ten years.

如果它是值得拥有的话-,如果我下阶段的生活值得拥有的话-,那么它就是坏事,因为我现在就死了，无法再活十年。

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