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RE: what do you think about immortality coming?
March 3, 2016 at 2:27 pm
How would that work though? The planet would over populate so quickly...
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RE: what do you think about immortality coming?
March 3, 2016 at 2:43 pm
(March 3, 2016 at 2:27 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: How would that work though? The planet would over populate so quickly... Logan's Run.
Problem solved!!!! 
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RE: what do you think about immortality coming?
March 3, 2016 at 2:44 pm
If this happens before we have easy access to space, there would indeed be a problem. Even after, birth rates would have to drop to almost nothing.
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RE: what do you think about immortality coming?
March 3, 2016 at 3:19 pm
Well I certainly wouldn't wanna live in space or in another planet. I still think there would be a population problem.
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what do you think about immortality coming?
March 3, 2016 at 3:22 pm
(March 3, 2016 at 2:27 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: How would that work though? The planet would over populate so quickly...
Sterilization and controlled test tube babies.
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RE: what do you think about immortality coming?
March 3, 2016 at 3:23 pm
(March 3, 2016 at 2:27 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: How would that work though? The planet would over populate so quickly...
Warfare would take care of that.
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RE: what do you think about immortality coming?
March 3, 2016 at 3:34 pm
It's not like we would share the elixir with the Mos . . .
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RE: what do you think about immortality coming?
March 3, 2016 at 3:41 pm
(March 3, 2016 at 3:22 pm)KUSA Wrote: (March 3, 2016 at 2:27 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: How would that work though? The planet would over populate so quickly...
Sterilization and controlled test tube babies.
But that would take away people's freedom to reproduce and have their own children as they wanted to. No one would ever go for that.
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RE: what do you think about immortality coming?
March 3, 2016 at 4:04 pm
Won't happen.
It will only be available for a small minority: the rich and the powerful.
Until humanity can sort out it's social issues, general "immortality" is impractical for the human species.
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RE: what do you think about immortality coming?
March 3, 2016 at 4:07 pm
If there ever is an anti aging/immortality pill, I doubt it will be legal.
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