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    It is not the case that The asymmetry in attitudes toward prenatal and posthumous nonexistence is better explained by our forward-looking psychology than by any metaphysical preference for continuation over extension.

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    • 1.Symmetry of time suggests prenatal and posthumous nonexistence are metaphysically equivalent; psychology alone cannot ground asymmetric rationality.
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    • 2.We fear death itself (the event), not just future suffering; this concern persists even if death causes no negative experience.
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    • 3.Forward-looking psychology explains our behavior but not why the asymmetry should survive rational reflection on what matters.
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    • 1.Humans are causally efficacious only toward the future, so our concern naturally tracks what we can influence or experience.
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    • 2.We rationally fear pain and loss only when they can affect our conscious states; past nonexistence cannot, so fear is irrational.
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    • 3.Our asymmetric attitudes correlate with forward-looking cognitive capacities like anticipation and planning, not metaphysical facts.
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