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pros:
1. being able to live forever without having to worry about what awaits us in the next life (if anything at all)
2. endless amount of time to archive your goals in life
cons:
1. this...
2. it would kinda suck for people that got arrested for some kinda crime and got sentenced to life in prison :pQuote:
Originally Posted by ioan
We are made of star stuff. In a sense we have been here since the creation of the universe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE9dEAx5Sgw
I think it was Malthus (sp?) who proved that population growth can never keep up with food supply, as one grows linearly and the other exponentially. So if we kept breeding but didn't die, the population would have to be made smaller somehow, be that through mass starvation, or more likely; war...
All together now....
"Who want's to liver foreverrrrrrrr"
Achieving life ambitions is one thing but I'd imagine you'd apreciate less and get pretty sick of it after a couple of hundred years, especially when you consider that the speed of population growth is already accelerating towards unsustainable levels even before the obvious consequences of immortality.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
If they did achieve it I imagine the powers that be would ensure it wouldn't be available to the masses, It could possibly be the worst possible medical 'inovations' to hit mankind and our planet.
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Originally Posted by ioan
I was thinking of the definition of life 'The interval of time between birth and death' as a cycle but looking it up.. thats only one of the many definitions so I guess Im wrong.
I have always held that there is a reason that we live as long as we do. That was before technology started advancing exponentually. When I was in pusuit of my BA In English Lit. (Actually my area of speciallization was the American Romantics). Not to worry as I needfed a thoroudh education in the English Romamtic movement which preceeded it by about 30 years. I found this quote very pointient.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zico
A letter From E.A Poe to a friend and contemporary very revealing
Some, who put little effort into it, read this as Poe's admission that he's not happy and is, perhaps, depressed. Such a juvenile interpretation strips the quote of its depth. The "active" nature of humanity Poe refers to refers to the changing cultural climate: the boom in industry, the sudden influx of writers and magazines, the movement from agrarian communities to urban centers, the growth of crime, etc. Does any of that stuff make mankind any happier or wiser?In a letter dated July 10, 1844, to friend and fellow poet Thomas Holley Chivers, Poe gave one of his most often quoted, profound-sounding-yet-elusive comments. He wrote:Our "activity" is now internet-driven. We make "friends" through Facebook, have "conversations" through e-mail, "meet" people through webcast conferences, and believe that any knowledge worth knowing is available for free on any given web page. Are we happier or wiser today?Quote:
" "Man is now only more active — not more happy — nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago."
Is it still true today?
Hehehe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roamy
I wouldn't to live forever. I have an attitude of trying to do as many things now because sooner or later money, health, kids, age or whatever else might prevent me from doing them. If you were immortal surely there is the possibility of doing nothing because you will have enough time to do things at a later date. I'd rather live short but forfilled than long with regrets. Although if you could live forever, do you think it would be possible to go see, do and achieve everything that you wanted and what would the normal retirement age be?
Perhaps we would be a little more circumspect, but we have to live in the world we created as it is now. If we accepted that death is an inevitable consequence of being born we may certainly be a little more circumspect about the world around us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic
Sounds rather obvious, but take a look at the desire to "keep young", the billions spent on health & fitness, anti-ageing products, the advances in medicine designed to keep us alive, the constant search for cures etc etc. All designed to ward off the inevitable.
I don't see why anyone would want to live past 100 years, let alone forever! I'm only 33 yet I have achieved 90% of my goals in life and seen most of the world. There is really not much else I could try and achieve except take a trip to the moon and bang Paris Hilton while U2 play a live concert in my bedroom for me :p : By the time I am 60 I will hopefully be enjoying my grandchildren and getting ready for my date with the earthworms, job complete!