SvennoJ said:
What is this boredom you speak of. I haven't been bored since I was a kid. How can anyone be bored in this day and age. |
Existential boredom
Would you accept immortality? | |||
Hells yes! | 88 | 58.67% | |
No, but I would be fine w... | 15 | 10.00% | |
No, it should be outlawed... | 47 | 31.33% | |
Total: | 150 |
SvennoJ said:
What is this boredom you speak of. I haven't been bored since I was a kid. How can anyone be bored in this day and age. |
Existential boredom
TravenousMaximus said: You all need to see this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GcL3a4WK6M Do not underestimate what humans can achieve. The way we live right now is comparatively primitive to what we've discovered up to this point. Google (the company in which the futurist in the documentary now works for) spent half a billion dollars to acquire DeepMind, a leading AI startup, also created their own company called Calico for the express purpose of solving the "problem of aging," this is pretty serious business. ....also, time travel in theory is possible, but only when travelling forward in time - so no Marty's mom 1955 for you. |
When you say "travelling forward in time", do you mean cryogenics, so you can exist as you are today 100 years from now, for example? Just asking since that isn't really "moving" through time. The only way to "move forward" through time would be to go....the negative speed of light? Since the closer you get to the speed of light, the slower time moves, and once you hit C, time moves at 0, and going faster than C would make you go back in time....so the inverse must be true to go forward in time.
But "negative" speed isn't real.
I'm not trying to be confrontational. Just a little thought experiment, per se
Burek said: |
This is 95% of the plot of the movie "In Time"
morenoingrato said:
This is 95% of the plot of the movie "In Time" |
Damn their time travelling capabilities! Serves me right, there goes my retirement money...
phaedruss said:
Existential boredom |
Doesn't existential boredom come from a feeling of life being meaningless, which would be accelerated by the realization that it doesn't matter what you do, you're going to die sooner or later anyway. Seems biological immortality would help with that.
BMaker11 said:
When you say "travelling forward in time", do you mean cryogenics, so you can exist as you are today 100 years from now, for example? Just asking since that is really "moving" through time. The only way to "move forward" through time would be to go....the negative speed of light? Since the closer you get to the speed of light, the slower time moves, and once you hit C, time moves at 0, and going faster than C would make you go back in time....so the inverse must be true to go forward in time. But "negative" speed isn't real. I'm not trying to be confrontational. Just a little thought experiment, per se |
Dulfite said: Well, if this even was a possibility (extreme hypothetical) I would rather die and be with God and Jesus Christ than I would live on this planet for that many years. And I say "that many years" instead of forever because at some point, something Biblical would occur that would end this aspect of my existence and start the greater one. This is obviously my stance, and I don't expect many others here to agree with me. |
SvennoJ said:
Doesn't existential boredom come from a feeling of life being meaningless, which would be accelerated by the realization that it doesn't matter what you do, you're going to die sooner or later anyway. Seems biological immortality would help with that. |
Life can be meaningless whether you die or not. Dying soon doesn't necessarily have anything to do with it because all life could be meaningless, there could be just nothingness once existence fades away etc etc
I could see living longer and healthier being a benefit, but infinite life span could retard human development in some ways. To me, the old dying out is often how the zeitgeist changes in a culture. Most people I know above 50 are deeply entrenched in their beliefs and struggle to understand new ways of thinking. It is an interesting question how much immortality or even living to 500 would change the way we perceive ourselves. If anyone has dealt with the generation gap of say a grand parent who comes across as racist or xenophobic, just imagine how odd it would be to talk to ancestors 10 generations removed one way or the other.
I would say not sure humanity is ready for such an advancement yet given our often short sighted views. Maybe others are more optimistic and think if you had to actually worry about 2200 you would live differently and utilize resources and spending habits accordingly.
YAY
Sure my friends and loved ones would die eventually, but I will endure. Life is precious and to have more is the best gift one can have.