Answering JimOfferman; I
seriously,
really, can't grasp this line of thinking
at all. Maybe because we're all different and some have more genetic predisposition to want to live forever than others, i don't know.
I'm sure that's the case, while some can admit death, others abhor the idea of having their consciousness/existence finished. I'm obviously in the second group. But there's nothing wrong with being in the first group, because that's just the way you are, people are different and variety is a good thing.
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Originally Posted by JimOfferman  I didn't say that my life is boring, I just said that the concept of living forever (as in a million years) doesn't entice me. Let me rephrase... my stance is that my life is more interesting precisely because it is relatively short. If I'd have all of eternity ahead of me, that'd just be too many reasons to procrastinate. |
You see, i'm exactly the opposite. There are so many things that i don't do now that i would love to do if i had unlimited time. I don't do these things now because there are other more urgent/important things to be done. And no matter how much time i have, be it 100 years or a million years, there's always something that i will want to do but won't because there's more urgent/important stuff to do.
If there was no time limit, i wouldn't have to think this way anymore and i would SOOOO much enjoy wasting my time in useless yet enjoyable stuff, since time wouldn't be an issue anymore.
An example would be playing online RPG games (like World of Warcraft, Everquest, Second Life, and others). I would spend like many many years just playing them without any guilt in my consciousness that i should be doing more useful/better things, because i know that i can do them all later and time isn't a problem.
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Originally Posted by JimOfferman If I'd live forever, my choices would loose all of their meaning and power. Instead of carefully picking which books I devote my precious time to, I'd have the time to read them all. Gone is the satisfaction of reading that exceptionally well written novel I chanced upon in the one bookstore I hardly ever visit... |
As i said before, i also can't grasp this line of thinking. I would be the complete opposite of this; i would so enjoy having limitless time. I would read books, like "that exceptionally well written novel" with so much joy knowing that many decades later when i forgot it i would be able to enjoy it all again.
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Originally Posted by JimOfferman Eternal life would also rob me of the honor of being remembered. Again, the notion of leaving some kind of legacy (big or small) is a great motivator for me.
Jim. |
People can also be famous/acknowledged for what they do/contributed/genious/whatever in their life. There's no need to play the "dead-and-only-then-famous artist"
