would you want to live forever?

azezil

Originally posted by Shinji
On the other hand, I'm 22.

LIES!!


I'd like to live forever provided i would never grow old, or even better get to choose my age and never get sick.

There's so much to do and see in life it really is too short

Dissident Aeon

I'll just quote K's Choice song....says enough


And I don’t want to live forever
But as long as I do, I’d love to live
For real.

That's it, I guess:rolleyes:

Samara

I'd like to live forever but never grow old, the thought of growing old and feeble creeps me out, imagine having the same mind you do now, except of course much expanded through years of 'maturing' but being unable to walk very far or fend for yourself because your body is just too old!!

If you could live forever with no ill effects on the body I'd grab it with both hands. I'd spend years in every town and every village, I'd learn every language, read every book, heck I'd write books, build towns and villages, create my own languages....we would of course have to restrict the access to immortality or else we'd breed ourselves into extinction, natural resources would run out, food supply etc...we'd need good planners

The Corinthian

Would one want to outlive the stars?

Forever is a very long time.

Samara

Ah but surely you would have an achilles heel, some vulnerable point, a way to die if you so chose!!

Stark

The thought of non-existence scares the crap out of me, but then again so does living forever in this world (what happens when the sun burns out etc.). Would be good though to read every book ever written, every film ever made etc. An afterlife would be the ideal situation IMO, live forever in security.

Gaz

Whats stopping you from learning a new language now ? What makes you think that if you lived for hundreds of years you would be more motivated ?

vibe666

I was listening to a radio interview with some geneticist a couple of years back and he was saying that with the current state of genetics and other medical practices, there was no reason why anyone unde rthe age of about 25 would ever have to die of old age.

He reckoned that anyone of that age would be able to lead an 'active' life up to at least 120, and by this time technology would have advanced enough for that to be extended indefinately.

Sounds cool to me anyway. Who'd want to be dead? that'd be no fun.

Samara

Originally posted by Darth Homer
Whats stopping you from learning a new language now ? What makes you think that if you lived for hundreds of years you would be more motivated ?

It's not a question of motivation, I am learning a new language, but how many years would it take to become fluent in every language in the world?? Particularly asian languages!! After so many years in school from age four I'm still far from fluent in even Irish!!