Immortality?

[Armanoïd]

Originally Posted by BondJmsBond

Let's say you're frozen at the age you are now, and you're the only immortal.

You'd get to see what happens in the future; the tech advances, space exploration, possibly alien species, and you'd get to see how it all turns out - what happens to the human race.

Do we seed the universe with humanity and become citizens of the cosmos?

Do we meet a species that doesn't like us and become snacks?

And what if we've all been scamed from start ?
What if science was the study of a sand box that doesn't even really exist ?
What if being immortal in this world, equals to be locked forever in an illusion ?



"http://dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2011/07/are-we-living-in-a-holographic-universe-this-may-be-the-greatest-revolution-of-the-21st-century.html"

In 1982 a litttle known but epic event occured at the University of Paris, where a research team led by physicist Alain Aspect performed what may turn out to be one of the most important experiments of the 20th century. You did not hear about it on the Daily Show. In fact, unless you are a physicist you probably have never even heard Aspect's name, though increasing numbers of experts believe his discovery may change the face of science.

Aspect and his team discovered that under certain circumstances subatomic particles such as electrons are able to instantaneously communicate with each other regardless of the distance separating them. It doesn't matter whether they are 10 feet or 10 billion miles apart.

Somehow each particle always seems to know what the other is doing. The problem with this feat is that it violates Einstein's long-held tenet that no communication can travel faster than the speed of light. Since traveling faster than the speed of light is tantamount to breaking the time barrier, this daunting prospect has caused some physicists to try to come up with increasingly elaborate ways to explain away Aspect's findings.


University of London physicist David Bohm, for example, believes Aspect's findings imply that objective reality does not exist, that despite its apparent solidity the universe is at heart a phantasm, a gigantic and splendidly detailed hologram. Bohm was involved in the early development of the holonomic model of the functioning of the brain, a model for human cognition that is drastically different from conventionally accepted ideas. Bohm developed the theory that the brain operates in a manner similar to a hologram, in accordance with quantum mathematical principles and the characteristics of wave patterns.

[SaintsDecay]

Originally Posted by Armanoïd

Don't know why, but it makes me think about one of Highlander's rule
"There can be only one", for some reason ...

I don't know what's worst
All average guys becoming immortals with wallmart pills
Or just one guy from some elite rulling group becoming immortal

Being immortal would only be fun if there were only a few other immortals on the planet. I'm thinking vampires in hiding sort of shit. You'd most likely run into another immortal a couple of times through the ages, but you would go your separate ways.

But if one were immortal, they would no longer be chained to society's rules. The need to work and pay taxes would go right out the window. You could just live on the road. And the vampire idea would mean that you would get access to all the cash you need, so you could live off of the grid. That is the most attractive part of being immortal to me. But if the ruling leaders were immortal, I can't say I would be affected at that point.

Originally Posted by BondJmsBond

Let's say you're frozen at the age you are now, and you're the only immortal.

You'd get to see what happens in the future; the tech advances, space exploration, possibly alien species, and you'd get to see how it all turns out - what happens to the human race.

Do we seed the universe with humanity and become citizens of the cosmos?

Do we meet a species that doesn't like us and become snacks?

That would be amazing.

One thing that science fiction never really got into was the people of the future reacting to the happenings of today. I mean, now we have a glass-covered view of the past. The Civil War, Mozart, The Great Depression, The Black Plague, William Shakespeare-- these were massive events and people of their days, but they're just tokens to us today. So I wonder what tokens will be clung to by the people of tomorrow. I'm not talking about our children, but moreover, our great great grandchildren. How will they see the world before them, and relate to the events that we have lived through. And will the major tokens that we clung to become obsolete?

As much as I want to see how the future pans out, I also want to see how the future sees the past. Will our time be understood in the right context, or will it merely be synthesized and covered with glass?

[perubu]

I want to die at some point. Remember an episode of Space:1999 from the '70ies where
two bad guys got sent out on a 200 year (or more) journey into space without being able
to do anything but breathing..

[Jaguar7777]

Where the hell was I when the immortality salesman came around?


All I got was a set of Lightning Rods that don't work, but they do double up as an effective method of sending smoke signals.


Vampirism?


Hell ..... I'm not that keen on living forever.



Jag. (Still trying to figure it out, and running out of time ...)

[perubu]

Vampires are a likely reason. Or Raccons or Possums. If you are in Europe, Elks.

[SimpleJackson]

It sounds awesome at first. You would have an unlimited amount of time to waste trying different things and watching the world evolve around you. I am fascinated with technology so it would be interesting to see what the world looks like 500 years from now. It would be fun for awhile, but being alive forever would probably drive some people insane unless they were really disciplined. I think I would go crazy watching people around me age and die all the time. Being mortal is what makes us human. Immortality would be like a non human to me, more like a machine.

[SaintsDecay]

Originally Posted by SimpleJackson

It sounds awesome at first. You would have an unlimited amount of time to waste trying different things and watching the world evolve around you. I am fascinated with technology so it would be interesting to see what the world looks like 500 years from now. It would be fun for awhile, but being alive forever would probably drive some people insane unless they were really disciplined. I think I would go crazy watching people around me age and die all the time. Being mortal is what makes us human. Immortality would be like a non human to me, more like a machine.

The death of your family and those closest to you would probably be the hardest deaths to overcome. After that, though, I think you would become less attached to other people. And you're right, I'm sure the value of life would lessen.

But you know that you can't be immortal and stay in the same place forever. You have to keep moving. People around you would start to notice that you aren't aging, and they would get suspicious. After a set number of years, you should go dark and start a new life somewhere else.

Me? I'd just live on the road to begin with. I already think little of humanity, so I'd just see the places I want to see forever until they've all burned.

[Jerkules]

Originally Posted by SaintsDecay

The death of your family and those closest to you would probably be the hardest deaths to overcome. After that, though, I think you would become less attached to other people. And you're right, I'm sure the value of life would lessen.

But you know that you can't be immortal and stay in the same place forever. You have to keep moving. People around you would start to notice that you aren't aging, and they would get suspicious. After a set number of years, you should go dark and start a new life somewhere else.

Me? I'd just live on the road to begin with. I already think little of humanity, so I'd just see the places I want to see forever until they've all burned.

id consider making it public that i was immortal.


only drawback would b that the government under some secret agency might wanna dissect me, but if i was a public media figure i could likely avoid that.


many possibilities.. but that could be a quick route to a life of luxury/celebrity & whatnot

[Pasko]

Originally Posted by Armanoïd

And what if we've all been scamed from start ?
What if science was the study of a sand box that doesn't even really exist ?
What if being immortal in this world, equals to be locked forever in an illusion ?



"http://dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2011/07/are-we-living-in-a-holographic-universe-this-may-be-the-greatest-revolution-of-the-21st-century.html"

Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe - YouTube

Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe - YouTube

I prefer to die and to be remembered for something great I've done, that's the only kind of immortality I care about. Living for eternity it may become boring. Life is great cause it's short, and we don't know how much short...

[dublin666]

And at 200 you will be twice as decrepit as a 100 year old and so on, and so on. Oh boy, I want some of that