Conditions:
Only you can be immortal (no friends, spouse, etc)
You can be whatever biological age you want.
You heal, so you would not develop arthritis or other overuse injuries over time.
Would you want to be immortal?
-
thibodeaux
- Posts: 8121
- Joined: Thu May 20, 2004 7:32 pm
I dunno, I pondered that, but couldn't decide.thibodeaux wrote:Can you terminate voluntarily or is this one of those "cursed to walk the earth forever" types of immortality?
How about every 100 years you get to decide? Or if the world becomes uninhabitable somehow, you do die.
It's not me, it's someone else.
Or if the world becomes uninhabitable somehow, you do die.
Spaceships. I mean, I don't really care what the ultimate "out" is, long as I've got one.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Granted you're asking people if they want to break the most fundamental aspect of reality that every living thing has had to obey since the beginning of time, so I'll sidestep the massive number of secondary issues that generates and address your question directly. I'll just speak for myself.TheCatt wrote:The fuck is wrong with you people?
Do you want the list?
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
One problem with an eternity of banging hot chicks is that after a while they would all be your descendants.
New question:
Are we still where we're from in this life or are we all from Alabama?
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
After 150 years when your investments start delivering and you become really rich, and it is a new hot gold digger every night, I bet it would only take about 1000 years before your DNA is through the population.
Just a guestimate. But I don't think it would take long on a geological scale.
Just a guestimate. But I don't think it would take long on a geological scale.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Going with just the initial set of conditions, no.
Humans are temporary. Heck, planets are temporary. I don't want to spend a few billion happy years on Earth only to haunt in cold/dark isolation for infinitely longer.
If I could voluntarily terminate, or decide to become mortal, heck yeah I'd do it.
If I spent an eternity banging chicks I wouldn't knock them up. I'm not a rapper or professional athlete!
I might have a few kids at a time, with the right person. Life is better if you share it.
Diversifying mega-investments will be interesting.
After awhile I'd practically own a few countries. I'd have to set up vast estates in various parts of the world in the case of political upheaval.
If a new Hitler arises, I want to be able to relocate and still be mega-rich.
Humans are temporary. Heck, planets are temporary. I don't want to spend a few billion happy years on Earth only to haunt in cold/dark isolation for infinitely longer.
If I could voluntarily terminate, or decide to become mortal, heck yeah I'd do it.
If I spent an eternity banging chicks I wouldn't knock them up. I'm not a rapper or professional athlete!
I might have a few kids at a time, with the right person. Life is better if you share it.
Diversifying mega-investments will be interesting.
After awhile I'd practically own a few countries. I'd have to set up vast estates in various parts of the world in the case of political upheaval.
If a new Hitler arises, I want to be able to relocate and still be mega-rich.
http://imgur.com/gukj5sITPRJones wrote:The sad thing is if I took this immortality drug, then in 400 years I'd still have Steam games I haven't played yet.