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Originally Posted by JimOfferman  I definitely don't want to live forever. Boring! All good things have an end - including life. For me the knowledge that one day I will cease to exist, is a great motivator to do stuff now and not tomorrow. To try and some how leave a mark on this world (big or small), that carries on my legacy in my absence.
I'm still undecided on the eternal soul thing. I've always been inclined to see myself (and others) as nothing more than a sophisticated biological machine that will eventually break down. Maybe some part of me will remain after the body dies, maybe not. Either way, I try to enjoy the little time I get to spend in this universe to the fullest.
Btw. I would like to somehow experience the distant future. I'd love to have a chance to see earth a thousand years from now... hopefully, by then, we'll have realized some what of a Star Trek world (and not, say, a Waterworld).
Jim. |
Boring? Wow. I really don't grasp the idea of quitting something as amazing and incredible as life because it is boring. I can't beleive people get bored at all actually. It doesn't seem to hard to search and find new things that are the oppostie of boring. Jim, no offense, but being bored is a lame excuse for not wanting to live forever. On the other hand, your 'all good things come to end' concept makes a lot more sense to me. Even though i disagree.
By the way, pertaining to Baltar's post, I consider the term 'forever' in my post at the top to mean a period of time long enough above our current lifespan to seem like forever. although, i dont actually mean forever in its actual technical meaning.
"Do you want to live 'Forever'" sounds better than "Do you want to live 'approximately 400 years, give or take a few hundred longer than you already do'"