I'd avoid the term "immortality" because it usually ends up leading to confusion. "Indefinite lifespan" is more accurate if we're considering being able to halt ageing. |
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I'm not concerned with whether or not it's possible to live forever, my concern is whether it's wise. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
I'd avoid the term "immortality" because it usually ends up leading to confusion. "Indefinite lifespan" is more accurate if we're considering being able to halt ageing. |
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Last edited by Photolysis; 06-18-2013 at 04:07 AM.
Trust me, this is not a rationalization. I believe that clinging to transhumanism is avoidance of mortality. If I needed to rationalize death, why not just join the transhumanists and believe it can be stopped? I would advocate meditating on death, actually, and meditation is like the opposite of rationalization. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
Being someone who belives in an afterlife, I do not belive that death should be avoided. |
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You may say I'm a dreamer.
But I'm not the only one - John Lennon
im kinda interest in the opposite question, how can one be YOUNG indefinitely? |
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I am not convinced that old age means set in ways: I was more set in my ways at 16 than I am at 39, and I have known old people who were very open minded and changing and learning at a high age. If we assume that old age means set in ways, there is something wrong with that, and what needs to change is the "set in ways" part, not the old part. |
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You may say I'm a dreamer.
But I'm not the only one - John Lennon
Your experiences shape you, and you become a particular shape. It's not accurate to state that old people are more stubborn than young people. But it is accurate to say that they do not learn new things with a blank slate, they apply it to what they already know and evolve their mindset. Evolution of ethos works better if one continues to introduce new blank slates into the equation, though. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
The death birth cycle is a natural and powerful rhythm of rejuvenation. The positive, or symbolically masculine, explosion into form - and then the negative, or symbolically feminine, withdrawal into formlessness. The introduction of frequent blank slate, as Original Poster said. |
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I agree that an increased lifespan would not be a problem. In fact I think the human lifespan is currently much shorter than it ought to be. I see nothing wrong with increasing it up to say, 250 years. This wouldn't slow down the introduction of new minds into society. Rather you would simply have a living lineage all the way back to your great, great, great, great grandparents. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
From the experiences of the past, this planet should be a utopia by now. |
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