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  If you could be hooked up to a diagnostic machine and told what you were going to die from, would you want to have that done?



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kirst
posted 27-Mar-2007 9:37am  

Only if I was then able to make lifestyle changes to either delay or change the predicted outcome. (Obviously, I'm going to die eventually...)
Jody
posted 27-Mar-2007 10:08am  

Probably not. It would stress me out too much to know how, but not know when.
JessicaWoman99
posted 27-Mar-2007 10:24am  

What am I going to die from??
bill Survey Central Gold SubscriberBronze Star Survey Creator
posted 27-Mar-2007 10:57am  

no
Enheduanna Survey Central Subscriber
posted 27-Mar-2007 11:24am  

Not really.
thecomic22
posted 27-Mar-2007 12:15pm  

Why depress myself??
ausfox
posted 27-Mar-2007 12:29pm  

No thanks
Iseult Silver Star Survey Creator
posted 27-Mar-2007 12:35pm  

No.
dab Survey Central Gold Subscriber
posted 27-Mar-2007 2:33pm  

Seems like a yes or no question. If only there was a way that I could select yes or no and the survey website would total up those answers.
mandy
posted 27-Mar-2007 2:51pm  

Yes
mandy
(reply to dab) posted 27-Mar-2007 2:52pm  

That's crazy talk..........
jettles Survey Central SubscriberSurvey Qualifier
posted 27-Mar-2007 3:13pm  

hhhmmm, i would have to think about this a little longer maybe, my first reaction was no, i wouldn't want to know but i'm not sure. of course, i would want to know if i was going to die from something that i could change or cure............ but if it was just going to tell me what it would be but nothing would change that i was going to die then i think not!
Amanda
posted 27-Mar-2007 3:30pm  

No. While it's tempting, I think I'd end up worrying over it. I want what time I have to be happy.
victoria
posted 27-Mar-2007 3:59pm  

Oh yes... I would want to know what is waiting for me. I actually wish that I could do something like that.
filiasan
posted 27-Mar-2007 4:15pm  

I'd rather die than live a longer life attached to a machine.
dab Survey Central Gold Subscriber
(reply to mandy) posted 27-Mar-2007 4:26pm  

I'm a wild and crazy guy.
LindaH Survey Central Gold SubscriberGold Star Survey CreatorSurvey Qualifier
posted 27-Mar-2007 4:43pm  

I wouldn't be opposed to it.
romkey Survey Central Gold Subscriber
posted 27-Mar-2007 5:11pm  

Why no options?

Yes, of course I'd want to find out.
mandy
(reply to dab) posted 27-Mar-2007 6:13pm  

Wait ...the crazy bucket is for Dib....not dab
cerealkiller Bronze Star Survey CreatorSurvey Qualifier
posted 27-Mar-2007 6:50pm  

Yeah, but could the diagnostic machine also tell you if you'd be run over by a car, murdered, hit by lightning, etc.................?
Zang Survey Central Subscriber
posted 27-Mar-2007 8:50pm  

*uncheck* Yes
*check* No
JessicaWoman99
posted 27-Mar-2007 9:38pm  

Am I dead already must be
CarolL Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 28-Mar-2007 12:40am  

Is this a no-reversal diagnosis? If I didn't know, and I suddenly did something that would eliminate that as the looming cause of death, would the machine read something different in a year or two?
kitti723
posted 28-Mar-2007 9:55am  

Oh, yes. Then I could avoid all caution of other things. If I am to die by car accident then I could eat drink & be merry all the time. I could just never get in a car or cross the street, but inevitably I assume, the car would find me.
Wackadoo
posted 28-Mar-2007 11:05am  

I've thought about this on several occasions and I don't think I would want to know my ultimate demise. I would do a full body scan every two years for preventative reasons, though. Just wouldn't want to know how I was going to die or when.
gambler Double Gold Star Survey CreatorSurvey Qualifier
posted 28-Mar-2007 6:33pm  

No
RGirl
posted 28-Mar-2007 7:20pm  

I'm too stupid to know how to answer without options.
southernyankee
posted 28-Mar-2007 7:24pm  

You mean like if I was able to prevent it? Hell yeah.
JessicaWoman99
posted 28-Mar-2007 10:57pm  

There goes my heart and there goes my liver
Enigma
posted 29-Mar-2007 12:50am  

Told what I was going to die from? SURE. I don't think I'd want to know when, but what - heck maybe I could do something to prevent it then!
cloudhugger Survey Central SubscriberSilver Star Survey Creator
posted 29-Mar-2007 1:04pm  

jAbsolutely. The machine is not god or a fortune teller. It's merely a tool that can be used to determine what your next step can be.
docgbrown
posted 29-Mar-2007 5:32pm  

Yupper
mve17
posted 8-Apr-2007 10:26am  

I'd love to hook up with a diagnostic machine. My hottest date for years.
gazelda1
posted 9-Apr-2007 8:14am  

i think sometimes worrying about getting something can only make it worse. I have faced a sit where it was thought I had breast cancer. At that point for two month I thought I have two choices. Yes this is scary, so I can either focus on the disease and let it scare me. Or I can focus on getting better and doing whatever it takers to do that. Luckily after two months the lump doctors were sure was cancer disappeared, but I think being positive helped in that. So no I wouldn't want to know because I would think about it and wonder when...yeah I might try to do what it would take to prevent it, but we should be taking care of ourselves anyways. Whatever comes I will handle it then. Right now I just want to be all around the best I can be for now...and later
cabinfever
posted 13-Apr-2007 2:28am  

Sure, why not? Could it 'predict' that I would die in a car accident? Or a house fire? Basically, with this knowledge, you could predict when you would die, too.
autumnlight
posted 21-Apr-2007 4:38pm  

Could it predict accident or murder? If so, no.
falkensmaze
posted 25-Apr-2007 3:23am  

It would only be able to predict cause of death due to a medical condition since there isn't a way it could tell me that I'm going to be murdered, die accidentally or of natural causes not related to any medical condition. Due to that, it wouldn't be 100% accurate.
kitkat
posted 13-May-2007 9:40pm  

No
Melf Survey Central SubscriberBronze Star Survey CreatorGold QualifierThis user is on the site NOW (1 minute and 23 seconds ago)
posted 21-May-2007 4:41pm  

Yes, definitly.
krazykatlady
(reply to cerealkiller) posted 22-May-2007 2:22am  

I was thinking the same thing.


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