Immortality, who wants to live forever?

[James Carmack]

It would be interesting if there was a poll to concisely view the breakdown of sentiments here.

As for me, if we're talking about an eternal corporeal existence, a permanent extension of our lives as is, then I must answer with a vehement no, never.

It reminds me of a documentary speculating on future advancements. Among them was the total elimination of sleep, the creation of a true 24-hour world. Next to immortality, it's one of the more abominable things I've heard of. I can bear each day because I'm unconscious for about one out of every three hours. It sounds good on paper, but people would eventually go stark raving mad. We're compelled to make our waking hours count because they're limited.

On the same token, life is precious because it's short. I would almost be willing to follow into immortality just to watch the ones who embrace it so eagerly, so that the moment they break, I'll be there to tell them, "I warned you, but you didn't listen."

Ecclesiastes is a good study of the limits of our mortal existence. For the atheists and agnostics out there, you can ignore the Teacher's solution, but pay close attention to the problem. "Vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas."

[alicebandassassin]

Good lord would that mean i would be married for ever and ever and i would be at the beck and call off children forever to good lord what an horrable thought i think i will skip that one!

[j. d. worthington]

Hey, ABA! Good to see you again!

[magnets]

The stories I've read indicate a projected lifespan of 18,000 to 25,000 years and the cause of death would be - accident.

However, I would expect that lots of folks would get into space travel because they would have the time and eventually get lucky and have the money. And, with space travel my guess is that the accident rate would become higher over time. Waking up groggy on Mars would not be the same as waking up on Earth with your face down in the gutter outside the local bar.

We need to be mining the Kuiper belt and building a bigger Mars so that it has more gravity and can build a bigger atmosphere. Until you can walk outside and play a game of softball - it's not a planet worth calling home.

magnets,