Who wants to live forever? Scientist sees aging cured

• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2011-07-18 23:52

  Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;517359:

  the cat would like to live to at least 40 years ._.

  
  Never give up on your dreams!
  
  http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/09/time-worn-tabby-at-39-is-lucy-the-oldest-cat-in-the-world/
  
  Anyway, yes, I would like to live forever. A lot of people say they're fine with death, but... I don't understand that. I'd live for thousands of years if I could and I'm willing to bet I wouldn't get bored/"tired of life" for a major portion of it.
• TA wrote on 2011-07-18 23:55

  Quote from Seruti;512891:

  Am I really the only one who wants to live forever? I do... I want to live long enough to save the world and be the hero whenever something disastrous happens.

  
  
  Someone should read the thread. :mad:
  
  

  Quote from Sumpfkraut;515074:

  I'm surprised I'm really the only one who worries about the possible negative societal efect.

  
  
  ^
• Seruti wrote on 2011-07-25 02:14

  Quote from TA;517372:

  Someone should read the thread. :mad:

  
  
  Sorry. I read everything after I posted, it's just that when I try to think about these things my brain ends up hurting me and I have to lay down. I have trouble processing complicated thoughts that aren't of my own. I will post a more rational/less silly version of my thoughts.
  
  I tried posting this earlier, but my connection died on me, and I'm not going to rewrite those three paragraphs... So here is a summary from an angsty teenager:
  
  - I understand that I probably wasn't the first to say that I would like to live forever / we won't really live forever.
  - I don't want to live my life knowing that I won't be able to accomplish everything I've wanted. It feels weird, living knowing that all I ever do isn't going to be enough to satisfy me. For me, and others, it'll never be enough. There is so much I want to do, and I won't be able to die happy until I have accomplished everything. This might give me the chance to do that. I think, maybe, just maybe, I'd be able to fit everything into 100 years, but I would probably be too old and senile towards the end. I want to be able to yell at the top of my lungs when I am 80 years old and still feel lively.
  - I really liked BizarreJuju's post. I agree with everything said.
  - I don't think there will be any major cons once we know that it is safe for our health. Death is inevitable, so if I'm making it out right, that probably makes overpopulation impossible... Accidents happen all the time, remember? I'm not sure, but I think most people die of unexpected things rather than aging. And don't worry about how this treatment will work on bad people. There are laws, and when that fails, there is karma. Plus, I can hardly imagine this being enforced. If you want to age the way you were made to age, feel free.
  
  Ok, that sounds cooler than my rambling before my connection died out. Please don't flame me, I tried...
• Okitaru wrote on 2011-07-25 02:17
  I don't believe we can trust any one person to not be evil within their natural life time. If we lived forever, I truly believe that we would just bring mankind to an end even faster.
• Sumpfkraut wrote on 2011-07-29 01:37

  Quote from TA;517372:

  ^

  
  
  But aren't you all pro-immortality?
• TA wrote on 2011-07-31 20:38

  Quote from Sumpfkraut;530344:

  But aren't you all pro-immortality?

  
  
  That was telling you "Someone should read the thread."
• Sumpfkraut wrote on 2011-07-31 20:42

  Quote from TA;533189:

  That was telling you "Someone should read the thread."

  
  I do believe I have had read the thread at the point I was making this post, and I have no interest in it anymore quite frankly.
• TA wrote on 2011-07-31 21:07

  Quote from Sumpfkraut;533194:

  I do believe I have had read the thread at the point I was making this post, and I have no interest in it anymore quite frankly.

  
  
  Then you missed the plethora of posts concerned about the possible affect. >_>"...
• Sumpfkraut wrote on 2011-08-01 20:00
  As far as I read those were concerns about different issues than what I am concerned about.
  
  
  Obviously I could have elaborated to avoid confusion but I really don't care to as of now.
  
  I think I've done it in that other immortality thread you began anyway.
• Pyoori wrote on 2011-08-08 05:12
  Of course I want to live forever. To quote from a work of literature,
  
  "I want to live one more day. Tomorrow I will still want to live one more day. Therefore I want to live forever, proof by induction on the positive integers. If you don't want to die, it means you want to live forever. If you don't want to live forever, it means you want to die. You've got to do one or the other."
  
  There are still so many things out there to do, even with a thousand or ten thousand years ahead of me I don't see myself getting tired of living, and the way I see it, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks by far.
• Paul wrote on 2011-08-08 05:15
  I'd rather have a "Kill my self instantly" button than be immortal.
  
  Not everyone has a perfect life.
• Pyoori wrote on 2011-08-08 05:20
  Well, if you never died, you'd have ∞ years to make it a perfect life, or at the very least fix some of the problems in it.