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Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
I’m very supportive of research aimed at increasing the lifespan and quality of life of human beings but I do not think that the goal should be to “Not Die” as Bryan Johnson is proposing and literally pursue immortality. In Greek mythology not being able to die is a recurrent theme among individuals who were cursed. The reason is that people only really have the spiritual stamina to go through a normal lifespan. Imagine how thousands of years of life would weary a person’s spirit. Dying is of course an intimidating thought but this is why all the spiritual and religious traditions of mankind have sought to make people reflect on mortality as a means of preparing and overcoming it. You can and should meditate, pray, or do whatever else is recommended and that will give you the strength to have equanimity and peace regarding life and death. Life extension research is still good because it’ll likely shed light on other advances in medical science that will be useful for keeping people healthy.
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Snibb123.eth
@snibb123
In my mind, death is the only true leveler this universe provides. I don’t want humans to have infinite life because those benefits, like most benefits, will accrue to the powerful. I do agree that increased health-span is beneficial, and wouldn’t mind humans living to 200, but immortality is the province of gods.
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Snibb123.eth
@snibb123
It also seems doubtful that such a feat can be achieved. There is entropy in all things. How can we live forever if even the universe itself will one day perish?
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Rando
@chasing-pointers
I think we're really talking about "effective immortality" versus true timelessness. If you could live a couple billion years, that is a lim->immortality for purposes of the analysis.
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Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
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