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Pet peeve: Defeating aging does not make anyone immortal!

• rbanffy 3y ago
  True. One can still die of disease or accidents. That’s why so many stories about immortal humans also have them making backup copies of their minds.
• wheelerof4te 3y ago
  I'm surprised at how much scrolling I had to do in order to find this "little" problem.
• DennisP 3y ago
  But it does get you to a lifespan of several thousand years, as long as you're reasonably careful. I posted sources in another comment here.
• palebluedot 3y ago
  Very good point. And with very long lifespans (thousands of years), all of those low-probability events that may cause accidental death (airplane crash, getting hit by a car crossing the street, violence, etc.) may really start to add up to a not-so-low probability of at least one of them happening within your extended lifespan.