Want to live forever?

[Xeones]

only with some specific concessions. would i age? how injured could i be and still remain alive? how well would i heal? could i hibernate for years at a time if i got bored? i think i could handle it if it were along the lines of anne rice's vampire chronicles ... just without all the blood drinking ;oP

but i voted no. careful what you ask for.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
If people lived forever you could probably invent some really cool sports and pastimes that took forever to play.

Not being particularly spiritual, the English invented cricket to gain perspective on the meaning of eternity.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Xeones
only with some specific concessions

None, your existence could be anything - immortality, re-incarnation, afterlife, reliving your own life (groundhog day style )....

The question is more about existing than living.

[chequita guevara]

Even eternity with someone you could share it with would get tedious.

What good is eternal life without eternal youth?

Why would anyone want to live past the death of the universe/galaxy/solar system?

However, the physical limitations of the brain would mean that at some point, you'd have to start forgetting stuff to remember new stuff.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Even eternity with someone you could share it with would get tedious.

What good is eternal life without eternal youth?

Why would anyone want to live past the death of the universe/galaxy/solar system?

However, the physical limitations of the brain would mean that at some point, you'd have to start forgetting stuff to remember new stuff.

Well of course we'd have eternal youth. I would like this clinical immortality where I would be the age I am or a bit younger forever, would be far better. With this kind of immortality, you wouldn't outlive the universe or anything. I am talking about technologically possible immortality.

The brain thing. Well the brain is organised funny so it doesn't fill up like a hard drive but just forms more neural connections, obviously there would be a limit eventually, but perhaps technological means could circumvent this. Like conversion of the brain into an electronic format that could expand without the constraints of the skull. This would seem to eliminate you of form or perception, but perhaps with the right connection give you greater senses and abilities than you ever could before!

[Zealot]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
However, the physical limitations of the brain would mean that at some point, you'd have to start forgetting stuff to remember new stuff.

I read (don't remember where, long time ago) somewhere that our brain just uses about 10% of its capacities in a regular lifetime! So we are kind of prepared for a really longer life than our usual 70/80/90/100 years! Of course, there will be a limit, but I'm not really worried, because our brain is capable to store around 1000 years of info, if it doesn't get any disease (drugs, depressions, strokes, etc). And of course, that phenomenon called "going old" must stop too.
Don't forget that scientists just can't figure out why in the world our body just doesn't replace old cells with new ones at a faster rate than they die when a person reaches a certain age...

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Zealot


I read (don't remember where, long time ago) somewhere that our brain just uses about 10% of its capacities in a regular lifetime! So we are kind of prepared for a really longer life than our usual 70/80/90/100 years! Of course, there will be a limit, but I'm not really worried, because our brain is capable to store around 1000 years of info, if it doesn't get any disease (drugs, depressions, strokes, etc). And of course, that phenomenon called "going old" must stop too.
Don't forget that scientists just can't figure out why in the world our body just doesn't replace old cells with new ones at a faster rate than they die when a person reaches a certain age...

Well that isn't strictly true either. I have heard this 10% bandied around often, like a 10% full hard drive, but the brain just doesn't work like that. It consists of circuits and neural connections that are formed with new memories and skills learned. It's usage cannot be really quantified.

[Zealot]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Well that isn't strictly true either. I have heard this 10% bandied around often, like a 10% full hard drive, but the brain just doesn't work like that. It consists of circuits and neural connections that are formed with new memories and skills learned. It's usage cannot be really quantified.

Hey, of course we can't count a neuron as a byte, but you can have an idea! Otherwise, how could you know what's the wheight of Earth, or how many water does our planet have! It's kind like this.

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison


It's amazing how few couples survive 10 years, let alone 100 years or a 1000 years. LOL, what would you call the 1000th anniversary? Californium wedding anniversary?

Marriage Day 1: "Never has such a flower in my life given me such happiness. I love you forever, sweetie."

Marriage Day 366: "If that ****ing ***** tells me to take the trash out while I'm watching the game one more time, I'm sleeping with the cleaning lady!!!"

[Caesar the Great]

living forever scares me just as much as ceasing to exist... maybe slightly less, if i had an infinite number of things to enjoy then it wouldn't be too bad.... then again the arguement can be made that i've already died and this is all in my head to try to amuse myself for eternity

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Zealot
I read (don't remember where, long time ago) somewhere that our brain just uses about 10% of its capacities in a regular lifetime!

Actually, that's incorrect. We don't use more than 10% of our brain at any given time. We do however, use all of our brain. If we were ever to fire all of your neurons at once . . . well, you've seen a grand mal epiliptic seizure. It would look something like that. You don't wanna do that.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

Wah if there is an infinite universe that there is infinite things to do... but....

this earth life is too screwy to be lived forever...

if i lived forever i would move out.. i dunno but for the start to an island that had no people on it so I can plan what to do... man that's cool....

And than ... back to rule :P

[Jon Miller]

I recently read that
aging = cancer control

Jon Miller

[OneFootInTheGrave]

I read that stopping ageing is equal to

"beam me up Scottie"

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by OneFootInTheGrave
I read that stopping ageing is equal to

"beam me up Scottie"

Teleporters already exist. They are currently confined to subatomic particles, although I think they have acheived success with a few hydrogen atoms.