text: why is it so sad to die? i hear stories of people having near death experiances, adn they tell stories of light, contentment happyness adn seing all the tins you love in life. science tells me that this is due to your brain fiering of signals to all parts of your brain in panic. therfore when we die we die. should i feel sad that when im dead im dead knowing that science says in not going anywhere its all in my mind, or does it matter what science says because you know your going to think those thought before you die and you can believe our going to a better place?  