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Post #1As in physical immortality, having a body that will not die no matter what happens to it (edit: at an set age that you can choose). Would that be something you would wish to have, or something you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy?
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It all depends. If I was immortal, but still aged, I'd either live thousands of years as a vegitable or atleast in horrible pain. Now, if I were stuck at a "Peak" age, something like 20s to 30s, I'd welcome it.
But once the world ends (which it will, either next week or a million years) you'll just be floating in space. That might be a problem
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Would prefer the type of immortality Nathan from Misfits has, by this I mean you can die momentarily but your body would come back soon after good as new.
The peak age thing would be a bonus, however it would be fucking tough seeing everyone you knew die, just watching them all go one by one would be pretty horrible.
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I'd say after a couple thousand years of life you might get used to it. It'll definitely effect your mind though.
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The Doctors technically not immortal, he can only die twelve times. But the general idea of him living for such a long time and seeing so many things that are good and bad is an interesting argument for immortality.
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Yeah, that's what I was referring to:
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While I'd be all for immortality, there's the whole issue of time dialation, which means the longer you live, the faster time is perceived. Ever notice how time seems to go faster the older you get? By the time you're 18 you'll have perceived 50% of your life, imagine how fast a minute will pass if you're 3,000.
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I'm not sure if that scales up as such for longer lifespans. I'd say the effect is more drastic between child and early adult years and lessens after that.
I suppose we should also use the other thread though.
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blessing... if you couldn't be injured... or if you could kill yourself...
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Anyone who says being immortal would get boring has no imagination.
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You would live long enough for the real space age to happen, so that's an incredible bonus.
Plus, I'm sure in a thousand years or so everyone will be immortal.
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Agreed, this happens to some people in a favorite series of mine, the Belgariad.
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what if you freeze you' self or head then in 1,000 or so year's come back to life.?
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I suggest people to read the article below if you haven't already.
5 reasons immortality would be worse than death.
It gives an interesting summary.
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http://www.cracked.com/article_18708...han-death.html
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Jesus Christ are you fucking serious
You ninjad me in less than a minute.
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The next time I see that article I'm going to punch someone over TCP/IP.
But I'll disprove it anyways. Because I'm nice like that.
>#5. Evolution Will Turn You Into a Freak
YEAH BECAUSE YOU'LL BE THE ONLY IMMORTAL ONE
WHAT IS THIS? SOME VAMPIRE NOVEL WHERE NOBODY KNOWS YOU'RE A VAMPIRE?
>#4. Nobody Can Ever Find Out
OH NO THEY'LL EXPERIMENT ON ME LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO DO TO THAT GIRL WHO TALKED TO ANIMALS ON THAT SHOW WITH THE AWESOME RV AND THE MONKEY
>#3. You're Still Getting Older (Mentally)
YOU'RE TROLLING, RIGHT? YOU ARE SAYING THAT AN IMMORTALITY TREATMENT WON'T STOP NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS? YEAH, THAT SURE IS IMMORTALITY.
>#2. Time Speeds Up Until You're Insane
BULLSHIT PSYCHOLOGY PSEUDOSCIENCE
MAYBE IN NORMAL HUMAN LIFESPANS BUT THAT'S JUST SUBJECTIVE TIME AND CAN BE ALTERED THROUGH DRUGS AND SHIT
ALSO THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT YOU CAN JUST EXTRAPOLATE OUTWARD AND SAY "WHEN I'M 10,000 TIME WILL JUST ZIP BY!". MIGHT AS WELL FALL FOR RAY KURZWEIL PSEUDOSCIENCE.
>#1. You'll Eventually Get Trapped Somewhere (Forever)
YEAH BECAUSE IMMORTALITY TOTALLY MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE TO EAT
FUCK I'M SORRY BUT THIS IS LIKE THE FIFTH TIME I'VE SEEN SOME DELUDED MORON ARGUE USING THIS (A FUCKING CRACKED ARTICLE) AND I'LL HAVE AN ANEURYSM AND A HEART ATTACK AT THE SAME TIME FOR FUCK'S SAKE FUCK ALL OF YOU
EDIT: AND GOD HELP ME IF ANY OF YOU USE THIS ARTICLE AGAIN
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There's a really good Cracked article on this topic
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it would be great if it was the live for an eternity at peak age/ invincible type if you could share it witrhy a few friends
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Is everyone immortal in this situation, or is it just you, or select people.
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What happens when the universe ends?
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You get to choose your planet before everyone else evolves in the next one. Then you can wait and become their almighty alien-god.
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I would love immortality. Either Wolverines style, or something along the lines of 'respawning' in a way wherever you wish, only you cannot destroy whats 'respawning' you.
Sure it'd be numbing to see life come and go, but very interesting. I think I'd want to be born in the 1500's or so if I had this. See humanity's best years ever evolve.
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You'd Neither. Else it looks like you'd pick between of those two.
And If aging process was slow, like for Night Elves of Warcraft Lore (They can live up to 10k years without any difference at all), then I'd be glad.
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Actually most of the points are sound
Evolution will turn you into a freak - this is not perceived as you directly turning into a freak, but as you are immortal your genetic code does not actually change alongside that of a baseline human. Sooner or later you will become an evolutionary fossil, a past day human amongst humans who have evolved elsewhere.
Experimentation
Essentially you carry the cure for the one thing we cannot currently cure. The moment someone, be it the government or pharmacorps catch wind of this, you are in a lot of trouble.
Mental aging
Again, this is not as much you getting brain illnesses which often happen at a later age. This is more akin to you still aging in your head. A ten year old perceives the world differently then say a completely mentally sound seventy year old. Now imagine if you get to see seven centuries, seven millenia and more. You'd probably end up being completely and utterly disconnected from any human culture in just a century or two.
While the time to insanity is probably somewhat wrong, you are bound to experience time very differently after a couple of centuries. You might sleep for a month and consider it akin to a one nights sleep and similar issues.
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Evolution takes many years until it's noticeable. I'm sure that they've found a way to either mechanically augment us, or just to modify our genetic code.
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And who says that we're the only person who is immortal? What if someone found a way to life forever and is selling it for massive amounts of money instead?
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I think Immortality would be horrible because the fact you always will be lonely al your friends die your wife your family no thanks
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Man, those ''evolved'' humans are creepy as hell.That article posted:
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Watch all my loved ones die until I'm the only one? No thanks
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I think immortality would be fucking awesome. That is all.
Assuming you stay in your 20's or so like Raxa said, just imagine witnessing thousands of years of human history with your own eyes...
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1k+ yrs ago loving children was normal and even encouraged in some cultures. Our current culture finds it horrible, that's why people in the current culture find it horrible.
October 2011
5,902 PostsIf I had invincibility and couldn't die no matter what, I'd be ok as long as I can't feel pain and can't suffer major damage. Being immortal with all your bones broken would be not fun.
If it was just age immortality, then I'd be even more for it since I can die anytime and yet not die of old age.
As for seeing your relatives and loved ones die, yes, that is happening even while you're alive. Chances are you will see your parents die and maybe your wife.
I can see how that could be a problem for some, but I personally do not really intend to marry or keep long term partners since I prefer to develop my skills and explore the world rather than sit in one place growing kids.
And if you never aged, you could really get a new partner.
What I would be concerned about is people finding out and then sending me for lab tests, or getting captured and imprisoned. Spending your infinite lifetime in prison would suck.
But other than that I'd love to see what new shit humans invent after my normal lifetime. Maybe even travel and explore space.
The best immortality would be invincibility that you can control. If you want to die, you could turn it off.
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I would like it if I could kill myself when I wanted to.
If not, then no.
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1k+ yrs ago loving children was normal and even encouraged in some cultures. Our current culture finds it horrible, that's why people in the current culture find it horrible.
October 2011
5,902 PostsIf no one else knew about your immortality or how you got it, pose as god.
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You'll probably end up doing that any way.
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Immortality would be a curse, but an exceptionally long life (500 or so, with a 20 y old bdy) would probably be awesome.
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Death is the only curse I see.
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If i still aged, then no. Eternal youth then yes.
Unless you could end it by jumping off a skyscraper and be rendered unconscious forever.
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This reminds me of Adam from Heroes. He's got cellular regeneration which means no matter what he cannot die. He goes semi-insane after seeing war after war after war.
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You'll get to an age where you see on the news "27 innocent women and 56 orphans killed and skinned alive for recreational puposes" and you'll go "Seen worse"
