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I know its impossible but I still like to imagine that amongst the billions of people born over millennia, maybe one or two were age-mutants. They lived for hun

I know its impossible but I still like to imagine that amongst the billions of people born over millennia, maybe one or two were age-mutants. They lived for hundreds of years. Did not see the point in convincing others of their age (may even thought it might be dangerous). Grew tired. Bored. And died eventually.

nuclearwast 5y ago
This is the plot of the movie "The Man from Earth" It's well rated, I would say it's worth at least a watch.
- jacquesm 5y ago
  And when you watch it do not expect an action movie, it is more of a brain tease asking the 'What if?' question in a pretty effective way. I liked it a lot, but most of the people that I recommended it to did not and found it boring.
perl4ever 5y ago
When I trip slightly, step on something and hurt my toe, that sort of thing, it makes me think that even if I somehow wasn't to age or get a fatal illness, that given long enough, it's statistically certain I will fall down the stairs and die or something like that. Probability produces mortality completely independent of human physiology. If your risk of death flattens out, but is not zero, then your expected lifespan is very finite. I think some people have claimed that exceptionally long lived people do end up with a constant (albeit high) risk of death per year rather than an increasing one. It's a little bit sad to think that nothing remotely human could possibly see what the world will be like in a million years, let alone a billion. We could all be 20 years old permanently, and we'd still only live a few thousand years.
JohnJamesRambo 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_St._Germain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_St._Germain https://pelicanstateofmind.com/louisiana-love/jacques-st-germain-louisiana-vampire/ https://pelicanstateofmind.com/louisiana-love/jacques-st-ger... This story fascinates me. I recently went to New Orleans and happened to walk by Jacques’ house; I saw the current owner snoozing in an armchair with a book. Later I went down the rabbit hole of the Count’s life and how he seems to be the progenitor of so many things and legends in modern society.

nuclearwast 5y ago

This is the plot of the movie "The Man from Earth" It's well rated, I would say it's worth at least a watch.

jacquesm 5y ago
And when you watch it do not expect an action movie, it is more of a brain tease asking the 'What if?' question in a pretty effective way. I liked it a lot, but most of the people that I recommended it to did not and found it boring.

perl4ever 5y ago

When I trip slightly, step on something and hurt my toe, that sort of thing, it makes me think that even if I somehow wasn't to age or get a fatal illness, that given long enough, it's statistically certain I will fall down the stairs and die or something like that. Probability produces mortality completely independent of human physiology. If your risk of death flattens out, but is not zero, then your expected lifespan is very finite. I think some people have claimed that exceptionally long lived people do end up with a constant (albeit high) risk of death per year rather than an increasing one. It's a little bit sad to think that nothing remotely human could possibly see what the world will be like in a million years, let alone a billion. We could all be 20 years old permanently, and we'd still only live a few thousand years.

JohnJamesRambo 5y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_St._Germain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_St._Germain https://pelicanstateofmind.com/louisiana-love/jacques-st-germain-louisiana-vampire/ https://pelicanstateofmind.com/louisiana-love/jacques-st-ger... This story fascinates me. I recently went to New Orleans and happened to walk by Jacques’ house; I saw the current owner snoozing in an armchair with a book. Later I went down the rabbit hole of the Count’s life and how he seems to be the progenitor of so many things and legends in modern society.