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This story is one of the reasons I consider the idea of immortality to be terrifying. Never ending life means the possibility of never ending pain.

• remram 5y ago
  You seem to define immortality as "cannot ever die even if you want to" which is not the usual definition. In that case it seems dangerous yes.
  • aidenn0 5y ago
    I don't think there is a usual definition. I have seen varying definitions of immortality. The immortals in Highlander could only be killed by beheading. The immortals in Gulliver's travel couldn't die at all, but continued to age, resulting in an island full of senile people. I think the two most common definitions I have seen are "negligible senescence" (e.g. Elves in Tolkien) and "cannot die in any way" (e.g. some religion's understanding on the concept of an immortal soul). The latter is fairly common and matches "cannot ever die even if you want to."
  • Trasmatta 5y ago
    That's the form of immortality in the story.