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Originally Posted by Mayo  Opposite is true, people who climbed Mount Everest and had gone into space wanted to be immortalized, just like poets, sculptors.. they knew they could not live long but their names and legends about them would last for millenia. |
You missed my point entirely. Yes, those people might have hoped that their names would be immortalized, but you don't go on an adventure where death is a very real possibility if you have not overcome your fear of it. If you dare to embark on the path to the top of the Mount Everest, you have accepted death. And you'll probably have never felt so alive.
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Originally Posted by Buddy "I do look at our bodies as complex machines (see my first post in this topic). And I believe that our bodies know perfectly well how to repair themselves"
I think the second part of your statement sort of negates the first. We are organisms, not mechanisms. Otherwise I agree. |
I don't understand what you mean by that. The two statements are not related to each other. (1) I see our bodies as complex machines, or mechanisms if you will, made of organic materials. (2) I believe that our bodies can repair themselves (to a certain extent at least - see my original post for more context). The former does not rule out or negate the latter.
Jim.