If people really wanted to live forever, they could partake of actions that makes it more likely.
How long would you like to live?
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eastsidebagel
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Actually yes, it is.
Virote_Considon
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No, it's an adaptation from South Park.
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I guess it depends. First of all if it could be proved that there is no afterlife, I suspect most people would want to live forever. To me, nothing is more terrifying than the idea of falling into a dreamless sleep and never waking up... It's not 'peace' since there is no one to experience that 'peacefulness'. It's literally just... Nothingness. It cannot be comprehended, and what I cannot ever comprehend I tend to fear with a mortal terror. (Pun intended I guess 
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If there was an afterlife, then after a few billion years I might like to see it. Not if Hell awaited though (and it most likely would, after the sin of immortality and billions of years of other sins).
If the possibility of an afterlife was unknown (as it most likely will forever remain), then I'd like to live forever just in case. I mean, how bored do you have to be in order to kill yourself? I'd suspect at least a trillion years old. I cannot really understand people who are bored very often. I mean, firstly there's thousands upon thousands of books to read. The world is full of people, many of whom are very interesting. You could go bungeejump into a volcano from a frozen water-fall. Then there's drugs, if you're really so extremely bored. And in the future you can teleport from star to star with your mind, or something like that. How could an infinite combination of stimulating things ever be so boring that you'd want to separate yourself from it totally, to perhaps be cast into a void of nothingness for all eternity?
And the best thing of all: think about it... An eternity of living would mean an eternity of time not to worry and be lazy!
For my kind of people, who regret every little mistake and missed opportunity, it would be a huge relief.
I guess this Woody Allen quote sums it up best for me:
“Rather than live on in the hearts and minds of my fellow man, I’d prefer to live on in my apartment.”
Ofc, best would be to do both: be alive both in my flat and in the hearts and minds of my fellow men and women. Just don't come ringing my doorbell too often!
)If there was an afterlife, then after a few billion years I might like to see it. Not if Hell awaited though (and it most likely would, after the sin of immortality and billions of years of other sins).
If the possibility of an afterlife was unknown (as it most likely will forever remain), then I'd like to live forever just in case. I mean, how bored do you have to be in order to kill yourself? I'd suspect at least a trillion years old. I cannot really understand people who are bored very often. I mean, firstly there's thousands upon thousands of books to read. The world is full of people, many of whom are very interesting. You could go bungeejump into a volcano from a frozen water-fall. Then there's drugs, if you're really so extremely bored. And in the future you can teleport from star to star with your mind, or something like that. How could an infinite combination of stimulating things ever be so boring that you'd want to separate yourself from it totally, to perhaps be cast into a void of nothingness for all eternity?
And the best thing of all: think about it... An eternity of living would mean an eternity of time not to worry and be lazy!
For my kind of people, who regret every little mistake and missed opportunity, it would be a huge relief.I guess this Woody Allen quote sums it up best for me:
“Rather than live on in the hearts and minds of my fellow man, I’d prefer to live on in my apartment.”
Ofc, best would be to do both: be alive both in my flat and in the hearts and minds of my fellow men and women. Just don't come ringing my doorbell too often!
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In the hypothetical above, I'd like to live forever assuming I don't go brain dead or something. Otherwise, I think living until 78 is fine.
eastsidebagel
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Of course, how could I forget that!
Well, to be fair, he said it would be nice to die right now in the first place...Indeed. And joking about suicide? Real classy.
general_kill
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Of course, how could I forget that!
Well, to be fair, he said it would be nice to die right now in the first place...
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eastsidebagel
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As long as they're not ending up in my mouth, then yes!
You know, I don't know a single 78 year old who would want to die if they were in better physical condition.
Dying is a natural occurrence. I'm all for trying to extend life but not to the point of immortality. If the difference between how I perceived an hour as a kid and how I perceived an hour now is any indication, immortality would leave the world going by so fast as to render it worthless.
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A long time, but not forever. Millions of years? Billions? Depends on when I get bored. I'll go for a thousand, then we'll see how I feel about it.
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Couple thousand years
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Immortality with the possibility of suicide, should I get bored of life.
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Immortality with the possibility of suicide, should I get bored of life.
LucyDuke
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If I can keep my health and my family, I'd like to stick around indefinitely. I don't know how long that is. I might be sick of it at 50. Might not be sick of it at 5000. I don't know.
I want to keep my youth, too. I'm pretty sure I look and feel better now than I will in twenty years. And I want to keep my dog. I'm counting her under loved ones. Circle of life, blah blah blah, new dogs, puppies, screw that, a person can only go through it so many times. If I can't keep my youth and my dog as well as my health and my humans, screw it, knock me off at 100 or so.
South Park > *****
burn out > fade away
(Actually, I don't understand what's cowardly about opting out of eternal life halfway through the deal...)
I want to keep my youth, too. I'm pretty sure I look and feel better now than I will in twenty years. And I want to keep my dog. I'm counting her under loved ones. Circle of life, blah blah blah, new dogs, puppies, screw that, a person can only go through it so many times. If I can't keep my youth and my dog as well as my health and my humans, screw it, knock me off at 100 or so.
South Park > *****
burn out > fade away
(Actually, I don't understand what's cowardly about opting out of eternal life halfway through the deal...)
Ecofarm
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The opting part makes it cowardly.
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I'm afraid I don't follow. Why is choosing how to live your life (namely, choosing whether to live or not) cowardly? Assuming, that is, we're talking about immortals or near immortals taking their lives. I mean, I can understand how the argument might be upheld if you're talking about mortals -- it is cowardly in a way to kill yourself and hurt your friends, family, and everyone around you. But if you're immortal? Not following.
rhawn
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Somtime in between tomorrow and 78. 78 is too old, tomorrow is too soon. Nice poll...
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