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I do not fear death as I try to live every moment as I could die the next but I would love to be able to live forever. Sometime in the future it may be possible. I found this video showing how it could be possible to live forever (pretty unlikly) you should watch it (but it is long 1 hour 16 min). http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...arch&plindex=0 I’m wondering what you guys think about on this subject.
The thing about immortality is that things become rather dull after a while of being here...no death? Life is precious and is to be valued BECAUSE it is short...there's nothing wrong with growing old, infact that's a great thing to do...especially with the one you love...if you were immortal I think it would be rather pointless to establish relationships because everyone around you would die and you'd live on...that, in my personal opinion sucks.
Mens journey would never stop just because they died.
I like to think that there are another world prepared for us after we die.
Death is just another journey we have to take.
I would not want to live forever; i think you could imagine the boredom and the implications.
But death is the scariest thing that man has ever known for obvious reasons.
You say you are not afraid of death; have you not heard of the term there are no atheist's in foxholes?
I dont think you will be saying the same thing on your deathbed.
It's not just the dullness. I mean really, if you don't procrastinate too much, you can keep yourself interested. After all, the world is changeing. There will ALWAYS be something new, and non-dull. But the thing with being around forever is that if I know I'll be around forever, I will really start procrastinating on the things I want to do in life.
I'd only want to live forever if I'd be brainwashed and given a new world to live in every once in a while, like 100 years. Or as god (not the kind of god with human personality).
Rather than having immortality, I would rather die when I was ready to die.
So lets say that on my 179th birthday, I'm just bored of the world, I have seen family members live and die and the generations fly past.
I would have the choice to die.
I don't think you have the choice with immortiality.
With immortality, you keep living whether you like it or not.
And I think the real reason why man fears death more than anything else is because of the fact that we have no idea what lies beyond.
We are scared by the idea that it could very well be over when our hearts stop beating.
That (your name here) will no longer exhist past the brink of death.
And as much as I hate to say it, as I am a Catholic myself; people need something to hope for, such as a hope that if you are good in life, you will be rewarded and sent to an afterlife.
I'm not saying there isn't a God, as there must be some higher being up there that created all of this, but what I'm saying is that people create things to make themselve think "yeah, I will keep living after death because I'm a good person".
People should not live forever. It is only the fact that we will die that forces us to experience life. like, we would become the ultimate procastonator.
I want to live as long as I can, but forever is a long time. Combine it with the fact that if you live forever you would eventually start to aspire for greater things (taking over the world? universe? existence?) and it is a very dull thought.
Of course compared with not existing...I suppose it is the same thing. What is the point of doing anything if eventually you wont exist to care? You could be a millionair, or a poor ass, the universal end is the same for all people.
Side note: If it is possible to prolong life...I might have to become a billionair someday and then spend some money on that idea so I can live for about 400 years (that is the amount of time I think I could handle) just to see what kinds of crazy other stuff people come up with!
Another thought...lets imagine you could physically live forever, would you take amnesia pills sometimes to make it easier on you? I might, depending on if I wanted to live "forever" or for a "long time."
An eternity in hell? No thanks.
I wouldn't want to live for ever, ugh, that sounds like hell to me. Don't get me wrong I love life but not one with no end.
How about just a long time?Quote:
Originally Posted by DoomedOne
I suppose it would give me more time to kill all the jews.
Crazy people seek such things.
On the other hand, if our life expectancies being extended, people would start to face the consequences of their own actions a bit more, since they have to be around longer :).
idon'twant to live forever. i'd eventually getbored. or, the inevitable will happen. i'll want to kill myself at one point or another. or when the world ends, (hopefully FARfrom now)what would i do? drift in space for eternity? nty.
I don't think I'd enjoy living forever, but if I could I'd like to live for several hundred years.
Î think I'd enjoy something like 200-300 years if mental and physical health factors stagnate from the mid-30s on.
Sure, why not? Being bored is hardly a reason to want to die. Not that you would get that bored. I am sure you can find something to do when you have forever.
Actually you run out of things to do when the limit is eternity.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alric
Sooner or later you will die anyway, even if its by a freak accident. If given the chance though, living for 1000 years seems a lot more fun than living 100.
There is no accident. It's about living forever, which means exactly what it sais.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alric
naw I would never want to live forever.. if you lived FOREVER you would be bound to get into an accident or catch a disease go blind or anything else bad. and if you lived forever it would be like living in hell on earth. thats something to think about
Well the forever they are talking about in the video is great. I am sure there are some cases where living forever would suck, such as if you went insane. But a healthy forever would be great.
How do you know? :cheeky:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bonsay
Maybe he is really a god...and has first hand experience =)Quote:
Originally Posted by Replicon
Speaking of which, God must be boooooored!
I can't personally say that I would want to live forever, but I know that when I die (if my life goes well) I will be ready. However, I will be bummed at the fact that I won't being able to see how the future unfolds. Possibly if I were to be reincarnated in a couple hundred years that would satisfy my curiosity.That is unlikely to happen though.
I'm pretty sure all will end well, I have faith invested in human kind.
You were reincarnated already =P are you satisfied with knowing things you didn't know 300 years ago? Hehe. j/kQuote:
Originally Posted by Flotsam
You guys are talking about living forever despite your age right? Or is this hardcore immortality no matter what?
I think it is a better idea to extend your life greatly rather than live forever. I would like to live for several thousand years so I can see the wonders of the future. If you lived forever, what if we were all enslaved by cruel alien overlords?
Basically the topic of this thread is about the idea of living in perfect health, without ever having to succumb to old age or cancer.Quote:
Originally Posted by CymekSniper
There is a limited amount of matter/energy in the universe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Replicon
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?'
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bonsay
Probably not, he might be amused at what ppl on Earth r doingQuote:
Originally Posted by Replicon
I know I would be.Quote:
Originally Posted by A dreamer168
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 > finiteQuote:
Originally Posted by Replicon
That depends on how far the uncertainty principle really goes.
I don't understand, please explain? :teeth:Quote:
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 :P.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bonsay
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!
Counting! Yeah, do you want to do that forever?Quote:
Originally Posted by Replicon
If something as simple as counting is infinite, why can't other, more interesting, things be infinite as well?
I think you'd run out of air eventually. The same thing for other stuff. It's really hard to think about it. I still think that you can't do infinite stuff in here. Tell me one intersting thing to be done forever...Quote:
Originally Posted by Replicon
Reading the R/S forum. That NEVER gets old :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Bonsay
People would wind up like the people from highlander.
You would live so long you would forget your old lives...just because you don't think about them anymore...
Then something/someone would come along and you would have flashbacks of entire life times!!!!