• Immortality only 20 years away says scientist
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[QUOTE=Kybalt;17512222]It's not real immortality. It's just not aging and not dying of diseases.[/QUOTE] It is immortality, just not invincibility.
[QUOTE=Traxxasred;17477338]In the end, nature always wins.[/QUOTE] so you're saying we'll turn into space clouds? the fuck you been smokin boy
If we become immortal we will live for so long we'll either want death to come, or fear death so much we'll force ourselves to live.
Or you could go back in time and kill your parents, therefore making yourself immortal. (in theory, of course)
Well, I see this being possible really, if they find a way to grow neurons (from stem cells, possibly) and probably genetic mutation of the telomeres. Cancers are normally inmortal because their telomeres are "bugged." [Telomeres, by the way, are two little nodes at the end of a chromosone, of repeating DNA, which allow for chromosomes to not get destroyed.] Besides, there's two types of jellyfish who are inmortal. (The hydra, which is simply inmortal if nothing happens to it, and some other jelly who's name I forgot, which after reaching sexual maturity, becomes a "child" again and it's phase repeats, but both are very fragile, dying with collision of ANYTHING.)
[QUOTE=Nikita;17524210]Well if there happens to be an ice age in twenty years like some theories say, then concentration of carbon dioxide and a few other things will rapidly drop (atmosphere will cleanse, and most impurities would go into the ocean), and then an average lifespan would jump to about 400 years. That is, if you survive off course. You need a PhD in biochemistry and a few things to prove that though so I'm not certain.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure if there was going to be an ice age in 20 years time then it'd be a lot colder than it is building up to it. [QUOTE=Kendra;17527520]Besides, there's two types of jellyfish who are inmortal. (The hydra, which is simply inmortal if nothing happens to it, and some other jelly who's name I forgot, which after reaching sexual maturity, becomes a "child" again and it's phase repeats, but both are very fragile, dying with collision of ANYTHING.)[/QUOTE] Iirc scientists also believe lobsters, or at least one breed of them are immortal, in the non aging sense.
I only want to live forever if I stay young. I don't want to live like a 80 year old forever.
Imortality = The Fear Of Not Dieing = Humanity Surpassing it's one fear, being a mortal.
if they made me 100% robot, and i couldn't feel sex anymore, i'd blow my brains out
But then how would the aging process work? I would turn into a super old man at the age of like 530?
If this happens I will start a secret sect who's duty involves "clensing" the earth of those who are "immortal" to stabilize the natural balance and keep truth to the true wisdom of life. So watch it. Honestly though, living forever is one of those stupidly materialistic ideals that in reality would be the psychological equivalent of getting a sex change. You think it's so cool and that you must have it, until you realize after the "operation" that you slowly become more insane as life goes on due to the brain never being able to "shut down". In a way, you'd become a zombie eventually as your brain functions wither while your body continues to function. The problem with the logic in using nanobots for immortality is that there's no replacement for the human brain, there's no way to replicate it or replace it if it gets damaged. And on that note, how will these so-called nanobots function? How do you know they will always work 100% ageless as you as a person does? The problem with saying you will become immortal is that EVERYTHING has a lifespan that breaks down. Including nanobots, including metals, soil, etc. Things change form all the time. Something as tiny as a nanobot, which would theoretically have to be only a few dozen molicules in size anyways in order to seamlessly "fit" in the body, would break down easily. You'd have to do something like inject yourself with nanobots every few years/months or so for a really expensive price in order to "live forever", and even when that happens what then? So you're now offically living forever. So what? Why? Where does it lead? 5 more years of work? Maybe visit a mountain you've wanted to visit? Why not visit it now? There's plenty you can already do in a lifetime already. Oh dear I got on a tangent :ohdear:
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;17474247]Anyone remember the Fountain of Youth from ~500 years ago? We still haven't found it, so I don't think we'll be immortal in 20 years.[/QUOTE] people used to think the earth was flat but we eventually found out it isn't so...
[img]http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/thumb/d/d0/PoA.jpg/600px-PoA.jpg[/img] we could do this ^
does anyone remember how back in the days of black and white tv everyone kept going "hey, by 2005 we will have solved all major crisis....'s, and we will have hover cars and space stations theat you can fly to anytime and (blah blah)" I think this is like that.
I'll gladly take my inevitable dirt nap. You hippie douchebags can have your immortality and your world war between those that want to trash the over abundance of resource consuming, immortal humans and immortal human rights activists.
I would only want to live forever if I could lead humanity away from evil and toward a utopia.
[QUOTE=KorJax;17543231]If this happens I will start a secret sect who's duty involves "clensing" the earth of those who are "immortal" to stabilize the natural balance and keep truth to the true wisdom of life. So watch it. Honestly though, living forever is one of those stupidly materialistic ideals that in reality would be the psychological equivalent of getting a sex change. You think it's so cool and that you must have it, until you realize after the "operation" that you slowly become more insane as life goes on due to the brain never being able to "shut down". In a way, you'd become a zombie eventually as your brain functions wither while your body continues to function. The problem with the logic in using nanobots for immortality is that there's no replacement for the human brain, there's no way to replicate it or replace it if it gets damaged. And on that note, how will these so-called nanobots function? How do you know they will always work 100% ageless as you as a person does? The problem with saying you will become immortal is that EVERYTHING has a lifespan that breaks down. Including nanobots, including metals, soil, etc. Things change form all the time. Something as tiny as a nanobot, which would theoretically have to be only a few dozen molicules in size anyways in order to seamlessly "fit" in the body, would break down easily. You'd have to do something like inject yourself with nanobots every few years/months or so for a really expensive price in order to "live forever", and even when that happens what then? So you're now offically living forever. So what? Why? Where does it lead? 5 more years of work? Maybe visit a mountain you've wanted to visit? Why not visit it now? There's plenty you can already do in a lifetime already. Oh dear I got on a tangent :ohdear:[/QUOTE] Yes, this is why its 20 years away.
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