Posted on 03/13/2005 4:25:11 PM PST by saquin
Funny how we trade in our vanity for longevity.
To all who think dying is a good thing,, be my guest.
we don't need you here bringing the rest of us down!
You must have a miserable life to think that being here on this magnificant planet for as long as you possibly can would not be a good thing...
Bored,, NO WAY,, imagine the degrees you could get,, Phd's in Science, Physics, Chemistry, math, art, etc etc etc,,
Poor, probably not,,, even at 5% interest a modest investment becomes millions of dollars, give enough time!
Think of all the cool antiques you could collect in 1000 Yrs!
Imagine traveling out into space, living on Mars, being alive to particiapte in the first Interstellar travels, exploring the nearby star systems, becoming a citizen of the Galaxy!
You'd have the time to start over and over again, until you get it RIGHT!
The wisdom one could accumulate would give you the power to make magnificant contributions to the human race.
Of course if your a screw-up then "Life in Prison" would certainly be a fate worse than death!
We are meant to evolve, and we will evolve. I believe this article is right on the money,,, And I plan to be 1000 years Old! Hope I can make It!
Regards to all the immortals
Starman
I thought for a moment this was a thread on "FAME", but I digress! :-) The life police are working overtime it seems. People do not live forever of course, at least not on this planet in these bodies, but what the heck, someone gets paid good money to do these studies right?
I'll admit not having the desire to read the entire article. All I can say is Bryan Appleyard and his friends must be smoking crack.
I'm currently reading, "The Singularity is Coming," by Ray Kurzweil. I always thought these sort of projections were hokum.
Seems that the Omega Point might be arriving sooner rather than later.
Indeed.
But the scenario presented in the article is way too optimistic. Supposing that the timeframe for solving the problems mentioned is accurate (I doubt it), we will simply run into the next set of problems. The human body, as is all life, is an evolved kludge upon kludge. Real immortality will have to wait until we've designed our own immortal bodies. That's going to take longer than 30 years.
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