Thread: Do You Want To Live Forever?

Originally Posted by Replicon

How do you know?

There is a limited amount of matter/energy in the universe.

Hmmm...I'd probably want to live for 1,000 or so years, but then die simply because of curiosity. I'd be like, 'what now?'

Originally Posted by Bonsay

There is a limited amount of matter/energy in the universe.

Ah, well if you want to go that route, I'll just have to bring up conservation of energy, and how it can still be turned into an infinite variety of new things :p.

Originally Posted by Replicon

Ah, well if you want to go that route, I'll just have to bring up conservation of energy, and how it can still be turned into an infinite variety of new things :p.

There is still a limited amount of anything you make, every single "new" thing to do, make, destroy will run out eventually, even if that means a million million google bla bla bla years. Unlimited time Limited amount of stuff. The things you could do might seem unlimited to you (meaning a human), but we are very very small and pathetic, so even if a million seems a big number it isn't. Infinite > finite

That depends on how far the uncertainty principle really goes.

Originally Posted by Replicon

That depends on how far the uncertainty principle really goes.

I don't understand, please explain?

Originally Posted by Bonsay

I don't understand, please explain?

Sorry, I missed that post. My uncertainty principle comment was meant to be more tongue-in-cheek and extremely abstract. I just feel that with the ridiculously limited knowledge we have of the world, any speculation on finiteness of possibilities is ill-informed. And we've been talking about running out of things to make out of matter, but there are other things out there. Like an infinite amount of irrational numbers .

i wouldnt want to live forever in this world. the earth. but i am interested in exploring a second realm that is not known to us. it may be the same thing or something completly different. or a nothingness void.. but i still want to live as long as can in this world as to be prepared for the next. when i retire i plan to enlighten myself as much as possible.

I believe that when we die, we are gone forever. Just a decaying body and bones until thats gone. But, im not afraid of death. I still wish i would live forever as long as i didnt age the whole time. imagine what a billion year old man would look like. my balls would be sagging on the floor!

Originally Posted by Replicon

Sorry, I missed that post. My uncertainty principle comment was meant to be more tongue-in-cheek and extremely abstract. I just feel that with the ridiculously limited knowledge we have of the world, any speculation on finiteness of possibilities is ill-informed. And we've been talking about running out of things to make out of matter, but there are other things out there. Like an infinite amount of irrational numbers .

Counting! Yeah, do you want to do that forever?