Even though I'd probably regret the decision a millennium or so down the line and would much prefer the type of immortality where I simply don't age but could easily end my own life if things get too unbearable, I'd still do it. Immortality is the one thing I want more than anything else, and I'll accept any risks to my future mental stability to get it.
I recommend watching this video at around 3 minutes in it explains how terrible it would be when you are around 9001 years old.
I answered no for living forever as I am now, but if I were to be Dr. Manhattan I might accept it.
What kind of hipster douchebag answers no? Seriously? LIVING FOREVER. You could rule the world by default, no questions asked. Could get boring? Did imagination die in the past 5 years and I just haven't noticed it or something? Too much depression on this forum. Lighten ups.
Obviously you never read Cracked's article on why living forever wouldn't be so great. I'm also guessing you haven't seen the movie Death Becomes Her. I vote no, for the reasons those previous things mentioned.
All the downsides I don't see as downsides because eventually humanity will invent time travel and/or interstellar space flight so I can go where I want, when I want, and as far as I want without having to worry about not seeing it all. Because I will eventually see everything.
What kind of hipster douchebag answers no? Seriously? LIVING FOREVER. You could rule the world by default, no questions asked. Could get boring? Did imagination die in the past 5 years and I just haven't noticed it or something? Too much depression on this forum. Lighten ups.
There is a flaw to this story...
The kool aid man does not simple call at your door, he's got to bust down a few walls as an entrance.. So until this flaw is rectified, I don't feel I can immerse myself within this story to come to proper conclusion of whether I would like immortality or not.
1. Evolution will turn you into a freak: Over thousands of years something better, stronger, faster, and smarter will likely develop from humans, leaving you left behind as a freak.
2. Nobody can ever find out: If you've got immortality then everybody will want it. Governments, CEO's, the masses, you name it. And they don't care what they have to do to get it.
3. You're still getting older (mentally): You will be forced to remember everything that happens over the course of infinity, which your brain just isn't built to do.
4. Time speeds up till you're insane: As time flies by, your different friends, loves, and lives slowly fade from your memory, making 50 years seem relatively equal to a saturday night.
5. You will eventually get trapped there forever: Eventually, you will get trapped in a pile of rubble, or the rest of the human race gets wiped out, and you till be trapped there forever.
1. So? Even if humans did evolve, it would be the minority. We humans are reactionary creatures and would destroy the first thing that was different than us.
2. So? They can't physically harm me. They want to arrest me, but they can't harm me. They try head-butting me with a weapon and I go "ow" and snap their neck (with all of the time I now have to learn different karate styles).
3. Perhaps, but the brain is an amazing thing. We only utilize 5-15% of our brain. What if this causes me to evolve super powers because it has to unlock the other 85% for storage? I imagine about 50% of the storage will be used for boobs, but, that's another story.
4. That is perception. Your brain would remember back a while, but time wouldn't "speed up". Reminiscing would be odd, but actual perception during the present would be constant.
5. Yes, but there is plenty of time. If I get trapped in rubble, I slowly dig my way out. I'm immortal. No need for food, air, and water. Yes, I might finally get "untrapped" about 10 years later, but, it would be amazing when I get out finally.
Only problem with the cracked article is that they make the assumption we'll never encounter another sentient race, never colonise other planets, or integrate technology with our own beings along with a host of other possibilities.
And for that reason I would say yes, I would take to the pill to see where humanity goes. Once space travel is made for the average guy I could go off exploring. When someone integrates computer technology with the human brain I will be able to defrag my brain and/or store it on external devices. The time speeding up may be fixed with technology, just have to wait and see.
As for family and friends I would protect their later generations like a guardian angel, ever watching over them until it is no longer needed. I think the evolution thing wouldn?t drastically noticeable until a couple of million years.
Only problem is getting stuck somewhere, I?d just have to be careful.
Lastly perhaps this kool-aid guy visited some other people from the human race or maybe those scattered among the stars. There is always a chance of that.
EDIT: the brain speed up thing seems be solved by keeping it active. great, i'll learn new languages, skills, research into new technologies. that will keep it going.
EDIT2: also how invulnerable am i? I mean if I throw myself into a volcano will it out-perform the invulnerability or will i be able to got snorkling in lava?
If I stay the same age physically then hell's yeah. But you're explanation is vague, I cannot die at all but when the universe finally ends what happens then? Do I stick around for the new universe? do I die? Am I just left in the cold darkness of pure nothing? If so then fuck that.
If immortality equals invulnerability, then sure. I'm just fairly suspicious that before the end of the current century, I'd end up regretting my choice. Seeing everyone I know and love die, watching the world change at an increasingly faster pace?
Eh. If I could turn into some sort of dandy-ified esthete, then yeah. Assuming I can cut myself off from everything that's even remotely sucky and spend all of eternity reading books or enjoying fine art. Seeing as the Great Wide World always finds a way to creep back in, though...
Again, I'd probably regret it. So my first impulse is to say Hell yeah, but my more rational brain is being a little bit more, well, rational.
What kind of hipster douchebag answers no? Seriously? LIVING FOREVER. You could rule the world by default, no questions asked. Could get boring? Did imagination die in the past 5 years and I just haven't noticed it or something? Too much depression on this forum. Lighten ups.
We live in a finite universe. Even imagination has it's limits. Eventually you will have imagined everything there is to imagine. Eventually you will have done everything there is to be done.
And what do you do when the universe dies a heat death/the big rip happens/etc.?
You will be alone in an empty void forever with absolutely nothing as company.
Your face will get stuck in "Forever Alone" mode. FOREVER.
The green kool aid man is clearly the devil, because immortality as described sounds like hell.
[quote="Sandor [The Hound] As for the issue of the government doing anything to get it, well your immortal and can't be harmed and barely feel pain. So fuck em, if they fuck with me, I'll fuck with them and well, only one of us is immortal and invincible.[/quote]
I love the way you see/say it
"You wanna fuck with me, punk ? I've got an eternity to fuck with you, your family, their descendant, etc. So, just don't go there."
:| Creepy :| That could make a great "psychological horror" movie...
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