Immortality is just another 20 years aways. Immortality discussion.

[Piercing Light]

wow. this sounds like the beginning of a disaster movie... But still some of those ideas do sound good. perhaps if it just made you live longer, like maybe 200 years?

Oh and Vandread (God I loved that anime) a human with robotics in their body is called a cyborg, a android is a robot that is made to resemble and act like humans.

[Snow]

Well, not exactly against immortality, but actually, can't say it's very good either way. It's a sensitive topic which has an answer varying from person to person. For me, I actually want to try it for awhile. Until I get bored after two days or so.

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I think there are legitimate concerns against the idea of immortality, but some of the protests put forward on this thread need to be reevaluated.

Loneliness--the idea put forward is that, in 20 years or so, immortality will be available to the human race; not just you personally. That means you will be spending eternity with both your loved and hated ones, not just watching them die.

Of course, distribution of immortality is another question altogether; should such technology become available, I do not doubt there will be sharp divisions between the haves and have-nots.

Priority to curing AIDS and cancer--how is this any different?

Overpopulation--this is one of those legitimate concerns, but we might bring up the fact that it is a legitimate concern entirely separate of our dreams of immortality; the latter would merely exasperate an already massive problem.

Just wanted to put those out there for more thought.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Wilhelm

The reason it shouldn't be done is different. Imagine family. You daughter's daughter would have the same age than you with this.

This would be a very interesting consequence of immortality, worth looking at more closely I think. Why do you list it as a reason immortality shouldn't be achieved?

[gramp anime scholar]

What kind of immortality are we talking about?

1) You don't age and can't die from anything. Completely immortal.
2) You don't age, and won't thus won't die from age but can still die from external stimuli.
3) You age, but you don't die from age or anything else.
4) You age, you can't die from age but you are vulnerable to any means of death outside of old age.

[The Conquerer]

Unless they develop something that fights off the air we breath, then I say it is impossible. After all, it is the most important thing in our lives that causes us to age. Then again, I guess if these nanomachines reverses how damage the air does to our bodies over a period of time, I guess it is some what possible.

[Crossroads]

Do movies teach you nothing? :P
No robots controlling my body plz.

[gramp anime scholar]

fyi, i didn't read any part of this thread except the title.

[zettaLOL]

Uh, I can't even think of stuff to do on weekends. Why the hey would I wanna be immortal??!

'Sides, haven't any of you seen Tuck Everlasting? I don't really care for the movie, but it makes a good point--what's so dang great about immortality, anyway? (Not that movies are usually accurate to real life or anything, lol)

[mad cunt]

It sounds really expensive, I doubt we'd have overpopulation issues with only a fraction becoming "immortal". I'd be up for it, because I know that even with augmentations, I'll eventually die. Sounds fun.

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Originally Posted by gramp anime scholar

2) You don't age, and won't thus won't die from age but can still die from external stimuli.
4) You age, you can't die from age but you are vulnerable to any means of death outside of old age.

Kind of one and the same, but not being able to die at all just seems impossible, and hella expensive like cunt said.

[Sleeping Rebirth]

intresting guess its shows the human is is still evolving but it is unnatural to live forever though.

[ikkuh2]

Immortality, what a deceiving concept. Forget movies, forget games or any work of fiction, the reality is far more grim. Even if we are able to colonise space (a big if), we would die eventually. It is just a matter of time for the universe to end. The three most likely scenarios are compressed into an infinitely small volume, ripped into shreds or eventually have no means of sustaining yourself since no potential energy is left. Three rather frightening ways to die. And when we fail to leave earth, we will be fried to death, literally hell on earth. I'll take my 60/70/80 years and get out of it what i can.

[mad cunt]

They sound more spectacular than frightening, to me ^

[Square Ninja]

inafterfrankensteincomplex

Originally Posted by Vandread

Android.

Cyborg. Androids are humanoid robots.

[Ventux]

I don't think the concept of "nanobots" is viable, at least as a life-sustaining technology.