Immortality?!

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Katrina Johns, Nov 10, 2002.

  1. stu

    stu

    mmmm ... just so long as Thunderbolt's didn't get there first. After they had "disposed" of him , they'd be shooting down ossuary space ships as they entered orbit.
     
    #91     Nov 11, 2002
  2. Imagine what it would be like to trade against people with millennia of experience. Imagine the learningcurve. 30-40 year old humans will be like lost puppies in the forest.

    One thing that will have to change once immortality beacomes widespread and accepted is accountability for actions. Of course we have to manage resources differently when we will be around to take the consequences. Who cares nowadays when people live for a tiny speck of time. Perspective will change to more timeless values.

    Progress will be much faster since the great minds wont die to such a great extent.

    I read somewhere that if people were to stay eternally young the average lifeexpectancy would be about 2500 years. Abit of a disappointment really. Some of the highlander charachters are older than that. Methos 5000 years, Kurgan 3000 for ex.

    Also people will take less risks beacuse of the potential value of neverending life. Less risky behaviour will then have much greater potential for long term survival. With the risktakers having short lives humanitys genepool will change to favour a calmer temperament.
     
    #92     Nov 11, 2002
  3. Rigel

    Rigel

    Often wondered where Lazarus was hanging out these days.
     
    #93     Nov 11, 2002
  4. katrina, if you were a thinker, you wouldn't be an atheist and you would have figured out an intelligent response to my post. Stop looking to atheist college proffessors to tell you what you are supposed to believe. What my post meant ( and thinkers figured this out for themselves ) is find something to believe in, or be an agnostic ( which is accepting that you don't know the ultimate truth ).
     
    #94     Nov 11, 2002
  5. ElCubano

    ElCubano

    U guys need to get out of the house every once in a while and try getting some punani while you're at it.....Live forever..hahahahahahahahahaha
     
    #95     Nov 11, 2002
  6. i'm not religous, but at the same time, i don't claim to know the "ultimate truth." what's sad is, many religious people DO believe their religion is the ultimate truth. they're not even close..
     
    #96     Nov 11, 2002
  7. ElCubano

    ElCubano


    The belief ( in most cases ) is the only thing of importance. The power of believing.....Have u ever thought of that???

    "they're not even close"..... can you prove this??
     
    #97     Nov 11, 2002
  8. it's obvious
     
    #98     Nov 11, 2002
  9. ElCubano

    ElCubano


    ok...if you say so....but believing is a powerful tool....It has helped many ( even if in the end the actual God they believe in is non-existing).....just my two cents...
     
    #99     Nov 11, 2002
  10. Anyone who can think is a thinker.
     
    #100     Nov 11, 2002