A deduction is always only a deduction

I recently engaged in a thoughtful discussion with a highly- experienced senior educator. She talked about how she desired to die peacefully, to die on the bed with her loved ones all around her bidding a special farewell. Yeah, i thought that's pretty normal. Heard that before.

But is that really peaceful? She compared with another scenario of dying in a brutal traffic accident. I beg your pardon. What she said may not be true at all. Who says dying in a traffic accident is painful? It may not necessarily be. If the force of impact totally disconnects the nervous system that detects the pain sensation in an accident, the accident victim wouldn't feel a pinch. Yeah he's lying there in a pool of blood, his body broken into two but his broken neck ensured that he doesn't feel anything. A stark contrast to the person in coma on the bed surrounded by her loved ones. Mind you, she's in a coma. Struggling with her breath. You think there's no pain? Not really. She is literally dying. All other body dysfunctions will strike one by one until the final one, which is the halt of the heartbeat. That's terrible. You could feel tingling, numbness and pain at the same time. And you're struggling to breathe.

What I'm saying is, we could make so many deductions. But age- old beliefs may not necessarily be always true.