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Leta
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Leta

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I'd like that - it would give me time to learn everything that I've always wanted to learn, and experience more things. That said, if my body continued to deteriorate, once it reached a point where I could no longer enjoy life or afford to comfortably live, there wouldn't be much of a point. (Unless we can transfer our consciousness to a computer before our body fully deteriorates - I think there's a movie about that..). But forever young? Heck yes.

Still fun to think about though. I often lament the fact that I'll only get to learn and experience 0.0001% of everything I'd like to know, and only about 0.0000000000000000000000001% of everything there is to know in general in my short lifetime. RSC - Gone, but never forgotten.

21-Apr-2017 17:51:18

Blasty
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Hi all :)

Ray Kurzweil, director of engineering at Google, recently spoke at a conference where he discussed topics including human-level intelligence in computers and its implications on the progress of humanity.

During the conference, he said that he expects it to empower humans, making us better, smarter and happier.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmarkman/2017/05/02/i-robot-is-coming-a-decade-early/#29fedcff2c90

I'm looking forward to the day that we'll get to see this step in the progress of humanity :)
Blasty
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03-May-2017 02:21:44

Blasty
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Mini-Marm said :
As a Heim Crab, My only dream in life is to be eaten one day by some hot lady going for 200m Dunge.

With over 8k players already having 200M dungeoneering XP, I hope you get to realise your life dream before the entire player base has 200m :P

afk vram said :
try to be the first to 120/200m living forever.

How about a race? :P

S Strange RS said :
Sadly I am immortal so I will live forever :) JK

but it would be cool to live forever

I think it would be cool indeed :P

Klyntar said :
Squallsy said :
living forever as a race as shitty as humanity? wtf is wrong with these people

Aww, what don't you like about humanity? :( Is it something you think can be improved?

Farmer Twunk said :
I don't think it would ever be possible for humans to live forever. And even if we could, the ramifications to society and the planet would be extremely detrimental.

Aww, that's fair enough. Even if we don't, how can we ensure the planet and society develop and improves as humanity progresses?

Sal VJ said :
I wouldn't mind living for 400-500 years, but forever? No thanks.

That's interesting :O Why did you pick 400-500?
Blasty
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03-May-2017 02:30:24

Blasty
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Leta said :
I'd like that - it would give me time to learn everything that I've always wanted to learn, and experience more things. That said, if my body continued to deteriorate, once it reached a point where I could no longer enjoy life or afford to comfortably live, there wouldn't be much of a point. (Unless we can transfer our consciousness to a computer before our body fully deteriorates - I think there's a movie about that..). But forever young? Heck yes.

Still fun to think about though. I often lament the fact that I'll only get to learn and experience 0.0001% of everything I'd like to know, and only about 0.0000000000000000000000001% of everything there is to know in general in my short lifetime.

Thanks for your reply, Leta :)

I'm totally with you on liking all that extra time to learn all the things that I've always wanted to learn, and have more experiences to appreciate. I also hope that in a scenario like this, living forever would also mean not having to deal with the consequences of aging.

Definitely fun to think about :)

0.0000000000000000000000001% is a pretty small percent :p Funnily enough, I recently used a number close to that to describe some other properties of humanity in the current day ;)

Even if we don't get the chance to live forever, I'm grateful to be living in a time where there are smart people discussing it as a real possibility :)
Blasty
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03-May-2017 02:46:21 - Last edited on 03-May-2017 23:39:39 by Blasty

Amaethwr
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I think I'd only like it if I were some kind of being that observes the universe from start to finish.. Like if I could travel to any part of it instantly and see what's going on, if I knew what was at the edges, or if there was something even greater that the universe was a part of

Just being able to live forever on one planet might not be quite as exciting, especially without things such as wealth to help you enjoy living
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06-May-2017 23:00:49

Sal VJ
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Blasty said :

Sal VJ said :
I wouldn't mind living for 400-500 years, but forever? No thanks.

That's interesting :O Why did you pick 400-500?
Because I reckon that'll be the time I would've gone through most of what there is to experience in life. Rest would be repetitions after 500 years.
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09-Jul-2017 02:11:58

Shifu
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There's so many factors to consider.

I don't think I'd enjoy living forever if I were the only one so "blessed" with immortality. I think eventually I'd succumb to depression knowing that everyone I have known, currently know, and will know will one day be nothing more than a passing memory.

Also, I fear that I'd become perpetually lazy. Why rush to read the latest book or see the big movie? I'll see it eventually and inevitably. I'd never do anything because I know I can always do it later. Imagine this if everyone was like this. Nothing would happen, life would stagnate and become so boring.

What about my physical and mental being? Do they simply remain at their prime or do they decay? Living forever if I'm just some brain in a jar that never moves hardly seems like a life worth living.

So, it feels like living forever would be a terrible thing. It just seems like there's 100s of negative potential factors but then there's the insatiable curiosity that I have that would want to live forever just to see how it all pans out in the end.

I suppose it really does depend upon the circumstances. I think I'd like to have the option to live forever, but to have the option to leave this world behind too. If you only do what you can do, you will never be more than you are now.

29-Jul-2017 00:24:11 - Last edited on 29-Jul-2017 00:24:27 by Shifu

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