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RE: Who Wants to Live Forever?
May 6, 2014 at 12:19 pm
Personally I agree with chucks requirements, except my purpose would be different. I'd like to travel time as well as space, namely because I've always wondered what a dinosaur would taste like. See I imagine if I was immortal my motives would be even more screwed up then they are now. I may end like a character from hitch hikers guide to the galaxy and build a restaurant at the end of time.. To quote a certain Lord Tyrion "Death is final, where as life is full of possibilities."
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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RE: Who Wants to Live Forever?
May 20, 2014 at 3:45 am
I would hate living forever. It would be kinda a lonely experience. I'd like to live maybe one or two lifetimes, but not forever, that sounds dreadful.
I've learned something from science fiction: the idea of wanting to live forever in itself can sound pleasurable, but actually living it out would be very scaring. Seeing all the people you love die, etc.
Just my two cents there.
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RE: Who Wants to Live Forever?
May 20, 2014 at 6:20 am
This much awesomeness should not be allowed to die. Just sayin'.
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RE: Who Wants to Live Forever?
May 20, 2014 at 9:28 am
(This post was last modified: May 20, 2014 at 9:28 am by Ksa.)
Life is not a choice. You did not choose to enter life when you entered your mother's womb, no one asked you. We are not here because we have a choice, we are here because we do not. Even if our current form dies, another will arise. It will never end. You can't end life no matter what you do.
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RE: Who Wants to Live Forever?
May 20, 2014 at 9:37 am
(May 20, 2014 at 9:28 am)Ksa Wrote: Life is not a choice. You did not choose to enter life when you entered your mother's womb, no one asked you. We are not here because we have a choice, we are here because we do not. Even if our current form dies, another will arise. It will never end. You can't end life no matter what you do.
What? Please explain.
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RE: Who Wants to Live Forever?
May 20, 2014 at 9:41 am
I thought I had already posted in this thread, but I suppose I had not.
Would I want eternal life if it was granted to me? Most assuredly.
i believe some of the people who write about immortality, and the negatives that are attributed to eternal life, honestly have limited their imaginations for the sake of a rather dismal plot.
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RE: Who Wants to Live Forever?
May 20, 2014 at 9:51 am
(May 20, 2014 at 9:49 am)Cinjin Wrote: You can have forever.
Gladly accepts it.
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RE: Who Wants to Live Forever?
May 20, 2014 at 11:57 am
I thought I had seen this discussion somewhere, but...no. Life is infinitely fascinating, but various infrastructural questions would need answered before I could see living even one more lifetime.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan