What do you think about the prospects for indefinite lifespans?
Do you think it can happen in our lifetimes?
If you're a supporter then how did you get into it?
Posted 12 September 2011 - 08:46 PM
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Posted 12 September 2011 - 09:20 PM
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Posted 13 September 2011 - 09:16 AM
Whether it is 5 years away or not, which it could be, what if anything do you think could be done to help the process along? Do you think that we have to let the research run its course, or do you think we can bolster it and improve its chances for success somehow in any meaningful or significant way?
Posted 28 September 2011 - 03:18 AM
Posted 30 September 2011 - 03:41 PM
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Posted 03 October 2011 - 09:03 PM
Posted 04 October 2011 - 01:58 AM
They don't understand the question. Instead, ask them if they would like to have arthritis, cancer, or heart disease. Ask them if they would like to have Alzheimer's or Parkinson's. They probably won't want to have any of these diseases, at least not today. Ask if they would like to have them in the future then. If they don't, then they support indefinite life extension, unless they just want to drop dead one day in an otherwise healthy state.I for one wish to live forever, or as long as I can. Does anyone share this view? I've asked friends/family before about this, a few said they don't want a longer lifespan which always confused me.
Posted 04 October 2011 - 06:20 PM
If we just let the research run its course and we sit back waiting for somebody else to come up with the solution, then we don't deserve an indefinite lifespan. We need to be active ourselves, and there many ways to do this. I don't mean just fundraising or taking a few vitamins, but perhaps advocacy, sharing of information and experience, purposeful goal-seeking behaviour, etc. For the rationale of this, see my article here:
http://hplusmagazine...e-global-brain/ .
Posted 04 October 2011 - 06:22 PM
Thanks for inviting me here. What i sense about this is that
fundamentally everything is made of energy and information
Posted 04 October 2011 - 08:54 PM
I'm with you on that. Want life without the silly time limit nature currently puts on it.Living 'forever' is a really foreign concept. No one alive really knows what that would be like. A lot of people say they want it. I just want to be healthy and happy until such time as I get hit by a meteorite or whatever inevitable accident eventually befalls me.
Posted 05 October 2011 - 10:52 PM
Posted 06 October 2011 - 01:26 PM
Posted 06 October 2011 - 10:22 PM
I agree with Shannon here. Physical immortality/indefinite lifespans are a long way off, if ever. Also, before any of that could or would ever be implemented, the entire human paradigm would need to change.
Posted 06 October 2011 - 11:52 PM
I disagree, we don't have to wait for anyone, we're already peaceful and humanitarian enough. Competition brews progress. I doubt we'll ever become a docile species void of conflict. Stagnation is way more dangerous than petty squabbling. And besides, in a society of people who can live for centuries, proxy governments are obsolete, we can eliminate a lot of the infighting if we remove the blind idealists from positions of power.I think that the world needs to develop to the point where we can consider the possibility at the moment every one is infighting so much that the resources are not allocated in a way that is going to make this happen.
Posted 08 October 2011 - 10:22 AM
So you think that an all out effort to be a part of a growing collective push for indefinite life extension can make it happen faster?
One avenue that you think can take us there is through becoming a GB so that our cells will want to naturally keep themselves healthy longer?
"sustained, intentional effort to embed oneself in the GB and increase meaningful input of cognitive information of sufficient magnitude into one’s brain. This will cause epigenetic changes that will repair and maintain somatic cells, reducing their risk of age-related death."
That's an interesting avenue, I'm not sure I've ever thought about that before.
Posted 13 October 2011 - 07:48 PM
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Edited by pmcglothin, 18 November 2011 - 03:18 PM.
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 11:15 PM
I think it can happen, but it'll be hard and there'll be no guarantees that the possibility means we'll actually accomplish it in time.What do you think about the prospects for indefinite lifespans?
Do you think it can happen in our lifetimes?
If you're a supporter then how did you get into it?
Posted 23 February 2012 - 11:06 AM
Supporting vocally is still some good support. By talking about it, you will raise awareness, which can only help.I think it can happen, but it'll be hard and there'll be no guarantees that the possibility means we'll actually accomplish it in time.
I support the idea vocally although not yet financially. I don't remember well how I got into it, it was many years ago. Possibly reading on Wikipedia.
Posted 27 November 2012 - 05:14 AM
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 09:08 AM
Posted 30 November 2012 - 04:30 PM
This is precisely why we need more activism and efforts put into achieving indefinite lifespans as soon as possible. Sooner the technology exists, the sooner it will become affordable for the majority and not just a few billionaires. As we are all currently on limited lifespans, we need to try to ensure we are even around when the price drops low enough for us to afford it.They proved a long long time ago that you can keep a cell alive forever.
We are built as perfect machines. We are designed to live forever.
Living forever is a reality, but you are going to need 2 things:
1 - a pretty healthy body, so start being healthy and doing everything you can to improve your chances
2 - a buttload of money, so start making money and figuring out how to become a billionaire.
It will be the very healthy private billionaires who are the first to live forever, guaranteed.
Edited by cryonicsculture, 06 August 2014 - 05:58 PM.
Posted 30 November 2012 - 10:39 PM
Brokenportal: What do you think about the prospects for indefinite life spans?
Do you think it can happen in our lifetimes?
If you're a supporter then how did you get into it?
Edited by shadowhawk, 30 November 2012 - 10:40 PM.
Posted 30 November 2012 - 10:55 PM
I admire your commitment to IL (Indefinite Life) but while life can be extended through various methods, I get hung up on “Indefinite.” I would like to believe but there are too many reasons to list here, to not think we are dealing with un-reality.
What I hope for is Life Extension, not Indefinite Life. Even if we extended life to 200 years, that is only a moment in time.
This is precisely why we need more activism and efforts put into achieving indefinite lifespans as soon as possible. Sooner the technology exists, the sooner it will become affordable for the majority and not just a few billionaires. As we are all currently on limited lifespans, we need to try to ensure we are even around when the price drops low enough for us to afford it.
[This is precisely why we need more activism and efforts put into achieving indefinite lifespans as soon as possible. Sooner the technology exists, the sooner it will become affordable for the majority and not just a few billionaires. As we are all currently on limited lifespans, we need to try to ensure we are even around when the price drops low enough for us to afford it.
Posted 02 February 2013 - 03:02 AM
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