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Lol yeah right
Some major scientist and futurists (Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku, ect..) believe that there is a human alive today, possibly in their 60's, that will live to see 150 years old due to advances in the IT medical fields (ie. the Genome project, The CGP, and other studies). The belief is that technology is advancing at a faster rate than people are aging and the thought of immortality is possible within this generations lifetime. Ray Kurzweil predicts 2045 as the date when we will be able to achieve immortality. For those that don't know who Ray Kurzweil is, do your own research and see what this man has done in the past and come to your own conclusions. Regardless, he is probably one of the smartest people alive today and has proven himself several times over.
Beyond all that speculation and prediction though, my question is this...
If you could live for as long as you wanted to... assuming you could stay the same age as you are now, or even reverse the aging process to a time you deem best, How long would that be? Consider that you will see countless loved ones die while you live on for hundreds of years... Consider having to constantly re-educate yourself with new fundamental thoughts on just about everything you know today... But also consider how much you could learn in that time... consider what it would mean to be able to witness humanity as a whole develop into our future (think of how your great grandparents or grandparents must have felt going from horse carriages to automobiles, to cell phones and the internet in just a few decades) ... I'm not here to judge people on their thoughts, I just generally want to know what people think about the prospect of living for as long as you want without the "growing old" part.
Posit: You could stay your current age, or even have your age reduced a few years and actually stay at that age due to nano technology or some other means.... Now, you could still obviously be killed by a traumatizing incident such as a gun shot to the head or a horrific accident, but otherwise could live on forever if you took basic care of yourself...
Personally, I am an atheist as many of you already know. The thought of death doesn't frighten me... its just the way it is right now.... but the thought of being able to see the advancement of human achievement 100, 200, 500 even 1000 years from where we are now is just too tempting to me. I'd jump on the bandwagon in a heartbeat!
It's been several months since this was published, but I recently re-watched it and this is what compelled me to ask this question on Spurstalk. It's a long, but very interesting video, with mainly just Ray Kurzweil but also includes Michio Kaku at the end when questions are posed to them. If you are interested in stuff like IT advancement (more than "Moore's Law") I highly recommend watching it. It is quite interesting.
Last edited by phyzik; 08-15-2013 at 03:26 AM.
Lol yeah right
This reminds me of the story of honus in Greek Mythology.
Long life is useless if you're not able to fully experience it.
its possible with the way you can GM modify babies now b4 they are even born
then u need to be fkn healthy through out ur life not gettin into any of those old age diseases and to live that long...
hence why do you want immortality if ur a commoner to continue that 9-5 job slaving away whatever it is?
not unless you could work into your 100s....imagine the cost of welfare
at some point in the future...if white's can be enslaved to level the playing field...then it just might be worth it to stick around...
That's ing stupid
phyzik, you're ing stupid
Unfortunately - and sorry to sound negative - but...humans are ing up the planet and their life spans are 70-100 ish years...
Giving them longer lifespans will accelerate the destruction of the planet - no thanks.
I won't be in favor of this unless they develop some sort of technology in parallel with it that will make it possible to shoot lightning bolts and make all glass around me shatter.
I would hook myself up to a solar powered, never ending virtual reality.
Don't worry, I'm sure somewhere in the future that prisons on Mars will still need anal probers
interesting concept imo. they could make an artificial heaven.
dibs on the book rights.
but then that'd be too mainstream. thanks matrix ya wanker.
Meh...it ain't all that.
Thank Christ...
On the other hand - If people reduce themselves now to being professional Cucks - imagine what kind of depravity they will resort to if allowed to live a longer depraved lifespan.
Lord.
No thanks.
interesting. people in the bible lived 100's of years. these scientist sound as silly as the people that wrote the bibles.
I wouldnt mind being able to live forever with my current form of body but that's because im not a fat messican tbh
the only immortality is being dead in ur dreams...
imagine ur having some wet dream and you end up dead, a wet dream for eternity?
no way am i staying in this hole for more than 65 years
Mind uploading is a very real possibility, but if your body is dead and your mind is running in some sort of computer environment is that "really" you?
I can't of a better place to pose that question than SpursTalk.
I believe it is better on the other side so I am anxious to see what is on the other side of death. This place is just not all that great to want to stick around any more than 75 years.
You must not know any 75 year old people
I'm pretty sure that even if you tried, you wouldn't be able to make that post make any less sense
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