Live FOREVER? If you're talking eternity, then you would watch the death of the Solar System from . . . somewhere. You could sure hope that faster-than-light spaceships would have found other interesting planets to visit by then. And if you're talking eternity, then you might even witness the end of the known universe . . . or the end and start of another, who knows? . . . from . . . somewhere.
As an atheist, I cannot really imagine an eternity of awareness in some non-corporeal state. Even if that could be achieved, though - when would you get to the point where there was absolutely nothing "new" and nothing left to learn?
Now, IF I could be guaranteed of good health and a certain amount of wealth, an increased life span might be a good thing. Time to learn anything you wanted, time to work on your own projects, something that might benefit the human race, that could be good. I think the ability to choose when to call it quits might be necessary, however.
Fun flights of fantasy . . . but now, yeah, I had better get back to work.
As an atheist, I cannot really imagine an eternity of awareness in some non-corporeal state. Even if that could be achieved, though - when would you get to the point where there was absolutely nothing "new" and nothing left to learn?
Now, IF I could be guaranteed of good health and a certain amount of wealth, an increased life span might be a good thing. Time to learn anything you wanted, time to work on your own projects, something that might benefit the human race, that could be good. I think the ability to choose when to call it quits might be necessary, however.
Fun flights of fantasy . . . but now, yeah, I had better get back to work.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
