Would you want eternal life if...

Haggisman · 31 Oct 2011 at 15:22

If I could stay as I was at ~22ish, and still had the option to blow my brains out if I got bored of it all, then definitely =D

The Dread Pirate · 31 Oct 2011 at 15:22

gropingmantis said:
Invulnerability > Immortality

bhavv said:
And everlasting youth.

If someone was truely 100% immortal I'm pretty sure these two would be thrown in otherwise they're still technically mortal...

sanaxe1 · 31 Oct 2011 at 15:23

Do you mean that at a certain point you wont age but can still die by other means highlander style? Or do you mean that you will be immortal and you can not die? As it may sound good , but what happens if your in a cave in? or your chopped into pieces and your still alive unable to do anything for all of eternity?

Cosimo · 31 Oct 2011 at 15:24

Haggisman said:
If I could stay as I was at ~22ish, and still had the option to blow my brains out if I got bored of it all, then definitely =D

Eternal life doesn’t come with an opt out clause.

Mat · 31 Oct 2011 at 15:25

Capn' $qu!ff said:
If someone was truely 100% immortal I'm pretty sure these two would be thrown in otherwise they're still technically mortal...

Er... no actually...!!!

(in fact, yes, I just wanted to argue

)

gropingmantis · 31 Oct 2011 at 15:25

bhavv said:
And everlasting youth.

Nah being Invulnerable is the best option as you can still age and die eventually but you cant be killed. I would never want to live forever.

The Dread Pirate · 31 Oct 2011 at 15:30

Mat said:
Er... no actually...!!!

(in fact, yes, I just wanted to argue )

Is that the full 1/2 hour arguement or just a quick 5 minute one?

coltpython3 · 31 Oct 2011 at 15:31

ermm... life WAS better 100 years ago...

Django x2 · 31 Oct 2011 at 15:35

If I could take one years current salary and live for eterntiy in a world (around 100 years ago) that didn't progress. Yes

godinman · 31 Oct 2011 at 15:36

I'd like to live forever if I could have the following options -

I wouldn't age.
I would recover from damage, so I couldn't be minced up but still concious.
I could 'reset' and forget everything.
My mind wouldn't fill up.

ScoTTyBEEE · 31 Oct 2011 at 15:40

If you can stay alive until the singularity in 2045 then you'll get eternal life anyway.

(allegedly)

Rameses · 31 Oct 2011 at 15:56

simulatorman said:
Can things get better?

Yes, they can.

SeraphX · 31 Oct 2011 at 15:58

Hell yes! would be wonderful to see what every facet of life was like way back when, and living for eternity it would be immensely interesting weighing up how things change etc etc

B@Th*nG · 31 Oct 2011 at 16:00

coltpython3 said:
ermm... life WAS better 100 years ago...

lol. that is all.

B@

Haggisman · 31 Oct 2011 at 16:30

simulatorman said:
Eternal life doesn’t come with an opt out clause.

Since it's a hypothetical situation, I can impose whatever rules and conditions I want

In fact, I'd also be rich

Simian · 31 Oct 2011 at 17:43

godinman said:
I'd like to live forever if I could have the following options -

I wouldn't age.
I would recover from damage, so I couldn't be minced up but still concious.
I could 'reset' and forget everything.
My mind wouldn't fill up.

Basically Captain Jack from Torchwood!... (the mincing gave it away!)

Globul · 31 Oct 2011 at 18:03

I'd like to be for ever 17...oh wait, I already am *dances* But seriously, I think I would prefer to start BC some where and watch the world advance while enjoying the fact I cannot die. I would be able to get injured though. Can't cheat too much!

godinman · 31 Oct 2011 at 18:13

Simian said:
Basically Captain Jack from Torchwood!... (the mincing gave it away!)

A bit of mincing and bum love would be a fair trade.

ElliorR · 31 Oct 2011 at 18:15

I really can't see any way that immortality would not become a curse eventually.

Not for me.

Efour · 31 Oct 2011 at 18:15

Moses said:
Except for the death at young age, poverty, incoming war, etc...

sounds like now. what's your point?