Mistify this simple concept all you want, with algebra too, if to mystify brings you joy but, despite all evidence to the contrary, this is not really necessary. 'Mysteries' of reality are to be -- where possible -- understood. A corollary of all this should be that, for all Universe except for the period of our conscious existence, we are already 'dead' and in whatever circumstance our period of conscious existence decrees.
Think about it.
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