Poll: Immortality

[Pinkamena]

So, lets say that science creates a pill, that if ingested, will stop you from aging another day. You cannot die from old age! How wonderful. It costs a lot though, and most regular working-class people are unable to pay for them.
But how do you think society would change if anyone with enough money could live forever? Obviously some sort of populace control program would have to be put into action to keep the world from overflowing with 20-something year olds. And is immortality something we actually would want?

 

[Ninjasander]

I always refer to this Cracked article whenever some brings this up.
http://www.cracked.com/article_18708_5-reasons-immortality-would-be-worse-than-death.html

And I'm just too tired at the moment to write anything substantial, I need some sleep.

 

[Loop Stricken]

I would want to be the only person to have it, simply because everyone else having it would make everyone become an utter bastard.

However, there would need to be the strict stipulation that I could turn it off at any time and let myself die, simply to avoid the precise events in said article linked above.
Because that wouldn't be any fun at all.

 

[Sean Hollyman]

I'd like it, as long as I could choose when to die, which obviously wouldn't happen..

 

[Vegosiux]

Immortality? Hell no, keep that thing away from me! I mean go and be immortal all you like, I'd very much prefer my life to end at some point. Preferably before I get bored off my ass because there's not as much as a proton left in the universe.

 

[Blobpie]

Can't we just put my mind into a machine's body? That way i could benefit society in so many other ways, like space exploration, no need to send up oxygen or water. Just me, and some other robot pals.

 

[The Night Angel]

No, I would never want to become immortal. One lifetime is enough for me. I think it would drive me crazy eventually. Or the grief of watching everyone I care about die then be replaced by new loved ones who would also end up dying would destroy me.
I don't think society should have it either. It would create far more problems that it could solve.

 

[Pinkamena]

Immortality? Hell no, keep that thing away from me! I mean go and be immortal all you like, I'd very much prefer my life to end at some point. Preferably before I get bored off my ass because there's not as much as a proton left in the universe.

The scenario which I laid out in the first post, is one where you can still die, you simply won't age. Would that change your opinion?

 

[FDLinc]

how about a promise from God/Death/whatevs that you will ONLY die of old age, with no interference from disease?

 

[Richardplex]

If it happens, this guy will be the one to make it so: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil

I'm still undecided. I've had hours of discussion about the implications of immortality, and the huge problems and reforms it would require, and I've not even scratched the surface of fully discussing it.

 

[AhumbleKnight]

Absolutely. As long as immortality comes with a death clause (eg. there can be only one).

 

[Elliott Curtiss]

yes, I'll have immortality but under two conditions.
A. I have a Doctor Who rebirth style once every hundred years or so (between 1 and 2 hundred years).
B. I get to choose when to kill myself.

 

[Xaio30]

I'll take the pill for myself. Does not matter if I still float around somewhere when it's all over.

 

[Captain Anon]

immortality? hell no a healing factor? hell yeah something like deadpool's or wolverine's healing factor immortality would just have me watch everybody i love around me die i don't want that i want to die of really old age not have live for eternity while watching everyone around me again and again eternal torture.

 

[Section Crow]

I don't think immortality should be something you can just have with enough money, i feel as if you want to be immortal, you should have to earn it in one method or another.

Put in terms of the poll, not at all.

 

[Pinkamena]

how about a promise from God/Death/whatevs that you will ONLY die of old age, with no interference from disease?

But that would be pretty broing. I'd rather die early than from old age.

 

[Random Fella]

Can't we just put my mind into a machine's body? That way i could benefit society in so many other ways, like space exploration, no need to send up oxygen or water. Just me, and some other robot pals.

That would be awesome
If when you die, or before you die, you could have that happen
As a robot you still felt emotions and could think, but didn't feel pain, nor hunger, nor become sick, etc...
Yeah, I'd have that done

 

[Jonluw]

Immortality would be shitty on a personal level (I'd like to die at some point, thank you very much), and it'd be horrible on a social and societal level. Extreme social conservativity. Too few jobs. etc.