[scottwww]

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...nanotechnology is evolving so rapidly that humans could potentially be immortal in as little as 20 years.

...bit by bit, tiny computers will replace our body's mechanical and cellular functions until we gradually become "cyborgs."

[Kensta335]

Sweet

[maswastage]

I find that hard to believe. Nevertheless, the prospect of human immortality in the physical sense should frighten you. Just imagine a world in which no one died- we would run out of room and resources in very little time. As advanced as technology gets, it will never be able to change the laws of physics. More people, of the fleshy or of the cyborg variety, means more demand for energy, until eventually there simply isn't enough.

[DrockNJ]

Damn...that shit's crazy...

[scottwww]

Originally Posted by maswastage

I find that hard to believe. Nevertheless, the prospect of human immortality in the physical sense should frighten you. Just imagine a world in which no one died- we would run out of room and resources in very little time. As advanced as technology gets, it will never be able to change the laws of physics. More people, of the fleshy or of the cyborg variety, means more demand for energy, until eventually there simply isn't enough.

What if our enhanced human minds and immortality brought us to be a space faring civilization? Mining materials from the asteroid belt would become easier and easier. We really wouldn't need to live on planets. Just live in orbit. Live on moons. Being immortal, the distance to other stars wouldn't seem so far. Resources should be rather unlimited.

[guardianangel3290]

what would be the fun of living if you knew you couldnt die?

[scottwww]

Originally Posted by guardianangel3290

what would be the fun of living if you knew you couldnt die?

Work hard for a few decades, invest, and live off the gains for centuries. If you were wealthy, living for a very long time could be fun.

[FStop7]

Originally Posted by guardianangel3290

what would be the fun of living if you knew you couldnt die?

[guardianangel3290]

Originally Posted by scottwww

Work hard for a few decades, invest, and live off the gains for centuries. If you were wealthy, living for a very long time could be fun.

So your reason for wanting immortality is based off of the potential for wealth and possessions? Sounds kinda flawed...

Originally Posted by FStop7

Exactly,
so if you lived for centuries you could learn to ice sculpt and play the piano. woopie!

if this actually did happen i doubt very many people would actually opt to take advantage of it. I for one am perfectly happy with the time ive been given.

[scottwww]

Originally Posted by guardianangel3290

So your reason for wanting immortality is based off of the potential for wealth and possessions? Sounds kinda flawed...





Exactly,
so if you lived for centuries you could learn to ice sculpt and play the piano. woopie!

if this actually did happen i doubt very many people would actually opt to take advantage of it. I for one am perfectly happy with the time ive been given.

I already plan on living for eternity. We could discuss that.

But if I could keep on living for centuries in this world, I would probably like doing so. At the same time, I am content to know that my years are numbered, because I believe in what is to come after.

Becoming a "cyborg" doesn't sound appealing. Think of the Borg in Star Trek. Though I suspect such a similarity is not likely the thought of the futurist who brought this idea forward.

[vividracing]

maybe not full imortality - but a sweet cyborg hand like i-Robot or Star Wars... hell yeah!

[Mu Mu]

Screw living for ever...one lifetime is already a sometimes full of shyte experience that I would never want to live infinite one. Think about all the crap u would see, experience et cetera. I'm sure you will eventually get tired of all the negative crap and just wish you were dead at some point.

Just sayin...

[darkcloud]

You wouldn't technically be "immortal"

Think about it. What Scott said was nano technology would replace our cells so that we would not age. Nothing is stopping you from dying in a car crash, space ship crash or whatever.

So being immortal like a vampire or whatever from the movies is still a no go.

[deletedelete]

I hope this doesnt work. I couldnt stand super humans. Regular humans do enough damage, think about all the corrupt super rich guys controlling everything forever.

We'd travel the stars stealing resources anywhere we could find them for our 50 billion plus population.

Anybody think of the last human on Dr Who? That weird skin face thing?

[nusevad]

something tells me if it does happen, something will go wrong and be will become mindless zombies.....prepare for Z day.

[immiketoo]

Nissan would love that tho...

[scottwww]

Originally Posted by Prowess Symphony

I hope this doesnt work. I couldnt stand super humans. Regular humans do enough damage, think about all the corrupt super rich guys controlling everything forever.

We'd travel the stars stealing resources anywhere we could find them for our 50 billion plus population.

Anybody think of the last human on Dr Who? That weird skin face thing?

I haven't seen that episode of Dr. Who. I watch the show occasionally. My wife doesn't get it.

Think of the vast distances across the galaxy. As the human/cyborg race branches out, there would be no contact at all between many of them. Maybe there isn't any life on other worlds. It would be up to us to populate the galaxy and use up the resources. If there isn't other life out there, then why not? It's all out there for our taking.

As for the superhumans, you brought to mind the Lawnmowerman. In the distant reaches of space, even superhuman super rich couldn't reach everybody. Keep branching out to the other side of the galaxy and beyond. Unless faster than light travel and communications become possible (I doubt it would ever be possible since it isn't Star Trek) every distant place would be an island unto itself. Most who venture there would stay for centuries and hear nothing from most other places for centuries. The diversity of culture would become tremendous and largely unknown to distant worlds as it develops. Kind of brings to mind the Earth before global communications and travel.

[scottwww]

I was a member of the L5 Society in 1979 and 1980.

[guardianangel3290]

by the looks of those sketches, you mustve blown your wad when halo came out lol

[oldaccount]

Immortality? Bullshit. We still don't have hoverboards or flying cars.Immortality ain't happening.

[Scorpion]

People would still be killing each other and wars would still be going on. Those should help keep the population under control.

[guardianangel3290]

Originally Posted by Suareezay

Mortality? Bullshit. We still don't have hoverboards or flying cars.Immortality ain't happening.

Strangely, genetically engineering life to display desired traits, included longer life cycles, is quite a bit easier that defying the laws of physics. Who'd a thunk.