Poll: immortality of age or of injury?

[JochemDude]

People seriously how many of these threads are we gonna make. I'll say what I normally say anyway.

'Quality of life is more important then quantity of life.'
'No, what's the point in living if you don't have anything to live for anymore.'

If I would have to choose I would take injury, simply because for the time being (assuming that'll I'll still die at like a respectable age of 100) I would totally go and try to make a living as professional stuntman.

 

[icyneesan]

Injury, because I do not want live through the human race's idioticy, or bother to learn how to spell proerly

 

[Kimarous]

Depends what you mean by "immortality to injury". Do you mean "completely invulnerable to harm" or "you'd be surprised what you can live through" (for example, you're still alive despite being cut into many little pieces; you're just immobile until you're reassembled)?

If the former, definitely that. If the latter, immortality to age sounds better, as I can always get offed if I grow weary of my existence.

 

[Totenkopf]

Injury.

Watch me climb the army ranks and conquer the world. Seriously.
By the way, I think when you go deep into this with scientific reasoning, you could say that immunity to injury means also immunity to age, since death caused by age is also some kind of "injury" / damage on a cellular basis, since it is a defective mutation of the body (Very generally put).

 

[kurupt87]

Age. I'd stay young and also retain the ability to kill myself once I'd decided I'd lived long enough.

 

[Zakarath]

Including sicknesses as injury rather than age doesn't make much sense, as "age" never really kills you, its the sicknesses and diseases that go along with it that do you in.

 

[RyanKaufman]

If you're immortal to injury. You're immortal period. You can't get your head cut off because you can't be hurt. Or do you just mean your nerve endings are removed? In that case, give me age. I'd take feeling my arm got lopped off then not feeling my spine breaking and be paralyzed until I die.

 

[ThisIsSnake]

Injury, experiments have reversed aging in mice and soon will for humans. Aging is likely to be cured this century, with immunity to injury I can prove it to scientists and put myself forward for the human trials. With age beaten and injury beaten all will worship me as a God, and I am a vengeful God that requires several concubines >

 

[Rensenhito]

Injury, because that's true immortality. Think about it. What is aging but injury on a cellular level?
Also, jumping off buildings for the lulz would be fun.

 

[Phlakes]

I'm one of those people who really, really doesn't ever want to die, but I have to go with injury. Being able to skydive without a parachute or jump off cliffs on a mountain bike would make the short 90ish years worth it.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

Injury. Getting hurt sucks. I'd rather by bones pop back into place and such.

But not age. I don't want to out live everyone I know.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Injury, I'd sure as hell love to be one of those psycho-dudes that can leap off of 100+ story buildings or out of airplanes without a 'chute, just to see the faces of people when I get up, dust myself off and walk off into the distance.
Age, not so much. Dying is a part of life, and I'd love to go the natural way rather than live forever. Immortality of age is a curse.

 

[Blubberburg]

shouldn't age include sickness? or at least fatal sickness? otherwise you'll just grow a little old and randomly catch old peoples diseases and die.
ohwell id chose age and then just spend way to much time over thinking everything and planning ouot perfect resolutions to problems, at least i could make a bunch of money, bank it and then just play video games for like 50 years

 

[Agayek]

This is always the de-facto argument against immortality.

And I actually really wanted to write a book about it. The whole going insane because the more time you've experience, the quicker you experience subsequent time etc.

But I just think it's a flawed argument.

The reason the human mind cannot deal with immortality is because it has never been faced with it. Our own bodies are constantly changing. We make an entirely new body over the course of like 10 years. So what's to say, given adequate time, that our minds wouldn't evolve to cope with this new found stress?

Personally, I'd risk it.

It's certainly possible that our minds would adapt to the strain and you'd be fine. I don't think it's terribly likely though. The human mind degrades as it gets older, and that will quickly cause some problems for you.

Now, if we assume immortality to aging removes that problem, we run into a few others, primarily that there will simply be too much information for your mind to process everything. This can manifest in several ways, from absentmindedness to alzheimers, to outright insanity.

Even beyond all of that, assuming there are no problems, you will get bored eventually. You will have done everything so many times that the mere thought of doing it again causes you to be physically ill. Perpetual boredom is not an ideal way to live.

 

[CrashBang]

I would probably choose age because eventually they will have cures and medcine will advance to the point that broken bones can heal within minutes and there is really no sickness anymore

Exactly what I was going to say. I'd do anything to live to the point where injury and illness both become history and then continue to live forever after that

 

[Megacherv]

Injury, experiments have reversed aging in mice and soon will for humans. Aging is likely to be cured this century, with immunity to injury I can prove it to scientists and put myself forward for the human trials. With age beaten and injury beaten all will worship me as a God, and I am a vengeful God that requires several concubines >

What if I take those concubines away? MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

*ahem* Yes, I am going to quote your comments a lot

Anyway, back on topic, injury. I just have a fear of being killed unnaturally, especially due to grave injury PLEASEDONTHURTMEPLEASEDONTHURTMEPLEASEDONTHURTMEPLEASEDONTHURTME!!!!!!

 

[electronicgoat]

Injury. I'm surprised how even this vote is, has every immortality movie taught you nothing? The immortal always goes insane and/or to an inch of his life. Injury means you could never be hurt, which is a pretty good way to be a superhero.
Or sit on your arse all day without the risk of scraping your knee. Either way is cool.

 

[eternal-chaplain]

Oh heck yes injury, everything constituting pain you could do and recover from with immortality you can just do on a weekend!

 

[MetroidNut]

Age. That way time will be no threat to me - I can live as long as I want, barring unforeseen incidents, and only have to die when life gets boring. And not being invincible means I can end my life after the millennia get unbearably boring.