Poll: Immortality, with a catch

[ElPatron]

Eh, I don't even need to worry about the moral aspects of it, I don't think I could get away with it for very long without being caught and locked up.

You underestimate how easy it is to create conflicting evidence.

A lot of murders have never been solved, add conflicting evidence and it's borderline impossible.

But the police would catch and I know Id be in jail for at least a year -_-!
kinda negates the point.

Murder gets you a lot more than a year in all the countries I can think of.

On the plus side, there are countries where you can murder 300 people and only get 25 years in prison.

 

[loc978]

Yep. Anti-hero status, here I come. Like a violent, superpowered Hunter S. Thompson (minus the drug collection, I think). Bastards of the world, beware.

Also, think of the possibilities if you're imprisoned... a huge building chock full of people to extend your lifespan with. It's not like the bars can hold you.

 

[Eddie the head]

No. No one has the right to take another life. And to use it to extend your own is just greedy. I don't care if you say you are going to be killing "bad people" your a worse person for it.

 

[Adeptus Aspartem]

Why murder a person? Does killing any other animal not suffice? Say.. eradicate one race of anything running around in the jungle => Lots of years.

But really.. Kill 1 guy to gain 1 year. Bad trade off.

 

[Sandernista]

Immortality is overrated anyway. Our brain is barely able to cope with the lifespans we have now

Huh?

Where did you learn this?

And sorry OP. I don't believe I could live with myself forever if I had to kill.

 

[Optiluiz]

Immortality is overrated anyway. Our brain is barely able to cope with the lifespans we have now

Huh?

Where did you learn this?

And sorry OP. I don't believe I could live with myself forever if I had to kill.

We have a limit on how much 'life' we can take. Think of our brain like a hard-drive with a set limit. At one point we would go insane. It's not biologically viable to live too long.

There's also the whole the longer you live the less each minute of it means to you. Every year we experience we percieve as half of the last year. That's because our brain starts to omit 'uninteresting' parts of you memories.

 

[chadachada123]

One year per life? Uh, no. Unless I can become an abortion doctor and argue that abortions count as murder (not that I believe that, but maybe my powers will).

 

[Sandernista]

Immortality is overrated anyway. Our brain is barely able to cope with the lifespans we have now

Huh?

Where did you learn this?

And sorry OP. I don't believe I could live with myself forever if I had to kill.

We have a limit on how much 'life' we can take. Think of our brain like a hard-drive with a set limit. At one point we would go insane. It's not biologically viable to live too long.

Not true the brain will clean itself up. If with this immortality it is assumed your brain does not age or decay then it will be perfectly capable of compartmentalizing and storing useful and important information. (Mental illnesses from age are there simply from age! They would not come about if the brain did not age normally, as in, decay.)

There's also the whole the longer you live the less each minute of it means to you. Every year we experience we percieve as half of the last year. That's because our brain starts to omit 'uninteresting' parts of you memories.

The second claim is also complete hogwash, it is one of those common ideas that is utter bullshit. Time does not speed up perceptually, a lot of people just get bored with the every day minutiae of life, and have a strange perception of past events. (Source [http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/05/time-speed-age/])

 

[Ursus Buckler]

I would hate to be immortal, although it's interesting how we're mostly pretty polarised on this one. I say this because knowing my utter lack of finesse I'd probably get caught instantly and spend most of it in a prison cell, until I'd be forced to kill again. So I'd basically spend all of my immortal life in prison.

I think I'll just stick with my mortality, thanks very much.

 

[Risingblade]

Hmm I'd used my telekinetic powers to sneak into death row then use said powers to murder an inmate.

 

[somonels]

Hells yes!
As for prison time... well:

 

[magter3001]

Wow, exactly 50% when I put in the poll. Being religious, I would definitely would not care so no.

 

[Timmey]

Interesting thread, I voted yes and the results showed a perfect 50 - 50 ratio

 

[Secret world leader (shhh)]

I'll just move to america and become an exicutioner. Did i win?

 

[SuperBelkar]

People keep talking about "people who deserve it." Sure, I suppose you could justify saying that you only kill bad people, but in my experience I happen to know there are no innocent people. Yes, there are those who commit crimes against the state or country by murdering, raping, molesting, assaulting, stealing, kidnapping, and drug using, but a quick look at any human being beyond the age of eighteen, and your existence is proof of your guilt. You may not realize it now, but know that just by being, you have altered reality. That being said, yes I would take the deal, and yes I would kill anyone I had to to stay alive.

 

[esliang]

I lose enough sleep when I forget to recycle. Killing people would not bode well for me.

 

[Mariakko]

Can I get rain checks? Like if I kill 10 people in one day, am I sweet for the next 10 years?

 

[DJ_DEnM]

Can I get the powers to then use to kill?

Also, I've heard that the first kill is the hardest. After that it gets easier.

Or so I've heard.

/Redundant