Not irrational at all but also not what I firmly believe, which is that each of our dates of death are written in our soul contracts, predestined or predetermined, if those phrases are more understandable/acceptable, and we cannot cheat death in either direction, and if need be guardian angels will intervene (see this wonderful story from Rebecca Romanelli https://medium.com/illumination-curated/guardian-angels-saved-my-life-5c4c840bafbd ) whereas how we live and how we die are very much the product of our free will and the chaotic intersection with the free will of others. I write about this concept from time to time. Usually in regard to suicide. This is my most read story. https://medium.com/the-pom/dizain-of-suicide-72bcde4dc8d8 Warning, it's 17 minutes short. Here's a much shorter discussion of the concept https://medium.com/know-thyself-heal-thyself/matters-of-life-and-death-bc9752a36bff but I've been told the first story does not feel like a long read and it is my most successful story judged by any available metric. I also discussed this concept in my discussion of what the west should or should not do in Ukraine, which has led to some very deep conversations in the comments. https://medium.com/my-unpopular-opinion/a-poem-of-right-and-might-77dc839b4876