Well, then I'm even more confused. House obviously thought he'd take a dip into the Nothingness, see that it's really Nothingness, then dive back out and live again. With some possibility of internal injuries, etc. But in any case, whatever there was or wasn't to see in the Thereafter, he'd see it.

You on the other hand, don't mind trading the Truth for death. So if someone told you, with all dire certainty, there there was Nothing out there, then killed you, this would be a fair trade? What can one do with a knowledge that only survives in their mind for an instant, before the mind itself is extinguished?

((Side note: I'm starting to see why Russians think Finns are all terminally depressed. :))