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11-06-2009, 10:18 PM
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If physical immortality were available to you, would you want it? I'm asking because I'm going to be offering immortality soon, for a lump 9 figure sum. I'm just trying to gauge the market. PM me for early bird discounts. OK, OK, that's a joke. There are no early bird discounts. But the first question is serious. If you could have it, would you want it? |
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11-06-2009, 10:22 PM
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11-06-2009, 10:45 PM
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 What age can I choose as my 'immortal' age?Quote:
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11-06-2009, 10:55 PM
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If it were physical immortality along with a high level of vitality/fitness, sure, particularly if extreme sports wouldn't end it prematurely and I could consciously choose to stop living if/when I want.
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11-06-2009, 11:00 PM
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Why go to extremes? I wouldn't want immortality, but living to be around 150 sounds good, provided my physical body would be in a good condition. But then again, even 150 is too long, there could be disastrous consequences for the planet if everybody got to live that long. I'm sure if immortality were a reality, it would only be available to the very rich, like the Rockefellers, and they would probably take it, so that they can continue ruling the world as they please. For the regular people like me, who actually think about the consequences and don't have a world domination agenda, immortality would be pretty undesirable. Do you offer a trial period? Like let's say, 100 years? I'd take that, see how it goes, and if I still want to live past that. Call me to set the price 
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11-06-2009, 11:05 PM
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I would for sure! At least.. depending on the state of my body.. I would not want to walk around at 250 being a smelly animated corps.. But yes, I would want it. I am just very curious how the world would look like in a few years, let alone 100 years! Things are changing so fast now, it would be very interesting to see where it all leads... I could be one of the first persons settling on a new planet that we have colonised! (and having learned from the past it is an "empty" planet, so we are not into mass murdering people / aliens anymore!).
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However, if you decided you were finished living, we'd be happy to take care of that for you. But there is an extra charge for that service. Anything to keep our customers happy! Quote:
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11-06-2009, 11:13 PM
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But we do have an amenable exit package available, for a reasonable price of only 6 figures. Combined with the main product, these two packages together would let you decide your own lifespan to the day. | |
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11-06-2009, 11:24 PM
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11-06-2009, 11:40 PM
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Interesting question, would I want imortality. If you spent your days locked in a feeble degenerating body this would be a curse. My own view on life is that you are here to experience what this world has to teach you. Life is like steping onto a boat you know is about to sail out to sea and sink, fearing death is to spend your life fighting the battle already lost. Live and experience life, do not fear the inevitable, it is just the next step.
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11-07-2009, 12:21 AM
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11-07-2009, 01:44 AM
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It depends on what physical and mental condition I spend all my years at. How will your outlook on life change? Part of human nature is it changes over different stages, as a kid everything is wonderful, new and you have fun all day. You can just play with legos for months and love it. Thats something you can't do later on, no matter how expensive a toy is, you just get bored a lot quicker. As a young person you like adventure, even if your not that type of person you still do it a lot more than when you grow older. As you come to middle aged, mature, often wanting to settle down into secure and what used to be exciting isn't. When you get old you reflect on your life. I coudln't stomach spending thousands of years reflecting on what I did during my first 60. With how fast people are inventing new technologies their should be new ones coming out to keep myself interested. I do like reading history and I am very curious to know what will happen hundreds of years from now and how people would be living. Even with that the worry is things that might look like big changes now become dull and nothing special after thousands of years. When the US collapses it would be very interesting the first time it happens, but after seeing new systems of government and empires take over it dozens of times would it still? Another key matter is do some of your loved ones have it too. If your the only one it would become sad and very lonely whenever you make friends, fall in love, have children they die off. Even when someone lives to be 100 that can be a real bummer, your spouse is dead, all your friends are, you still have children and their offspring but its not the same thing. Last edited by DaveM; 11-07-2009 at 01:49 AM. |
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And would that qualify as raw foodism? | |
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11-07-2009, 02:19 AM
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All you have to do is sign this 212-page contract and disclaimer, here - And immortality is yours! The details are all in the signup document. Don't let it pass you up! | |
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11-07-2009, 02:22 AM
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Maybe I shouldn't be letting the cat out of the bag so early, but the whole raw/organic food movement is really so that there will be lots of organic and antibiotic free people out there. Contaminated blood just isn't that good.
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11-07-2009, 03:49 AM
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we are already Immortals, merely shifting incarnations so no worries you probably meant "Immortality WHILE retaining all the trappings of your current consciousness/ body" right ??. i am quite satisfied for now so i d say yes, although switching to another physical being is part of the Evolution Game my humble view |
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11-09-2009, 09:43 AM
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Are we talking about real immortality or the a bunch of billion years till the stars go out thing?
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I'll have to get on my people to start some billion-year-plus studies. But rest assured, if you do die prematurely, we have a very good complaints department. | |
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