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Ask HN: If you could Live Forever would you?

6 points by KincadeHoney 3y ago

nittanymount 3y ago
not really, your brain will be full of pains accumulated over years, LOL
rzzzwilson 3y ago
Under what conditions? If everbody could live forever, then definitely no. Think of the constant wars that would instead limit human lifespan. If just me and nobody else, under what conditions? If the normal aging process continues, then definitely no. Being alive in a decayed and constantly decaying body doesn't sound attractive. Even if your body remains fixed at some level of functionality, including a sane personality, the boredom would be intense. Watching all the people important to you constantly dying would be a source of pain. So, on the whole, NO.
smokeydoe 3y ago
Yes. Even Futurama style head-in-a-jar.
linsomniac 3y ago
"Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon" -- Susan Ertz In that regard, I feel like I'm well positioned for immortality, because I'm so busy! :-)
joegibbs 3y ago
I think I would enjoy 10,000 years but a million might make me go mad. At some point, even being young and healthy, you would probably go insane with boredom after experiencing nearly everything that can be experienced.
omeid2 3y ago
I already do live as if I will live forever. Only death can change that.
p1esk 3y ago
I plan to.
GianFabien 3y ago
If you lived for a very long time, then you'd see our Sun fade away and then explode. Don't think you'd outlive that. Even on a shorter time scale the odds of being in a deadly accident or being killed by somebody would work against your plan.
mikewarot 3y ago
At my current state of health? People will start asking questions in 20 years, and I'm not sure I'm healthy enough to go back to working for a living. If I could restart at about 20... oh yeah.
wutwutwat 3y ago
two posts both in the last 2 days and both mentioning the same businesses which just so happen to be linked on your hn user profile smells of a spam/marketing account pretending to be a user
colinsane 3y ago
the breadth of human experience is such that i could live a million lives and still be wanting. but a single, infinitely long life? that boils down to whether you're leaving open some chance for my infinite suffering (e.g. some debilitating and endless condition). death is positive in as much as it offers an escape from that, negative most everywhere else.
hnaccountme 3y ago
I would have, but then I fell in love

6 points by KincadeHoney 3y ago

not really, your brain will be full of pains accumulated over years, LOL

Under what conditions? If everbody could live forever, then definitely no. Think of the constant wars that would instead limit human lifespan. If just me and nobody else, under what conditions? If the normal aging process continues, then definitely no. Being alive in a decayed and constantly decaying body doesn't sound attractive. Even if your body remains fixed at some level of functionality, including a sane personality, the boredom would be intense. Watching all the people important to you constantly dying would be a source of pain. So, on the whole, NO.

smokeydoe 3y ago

Yes. Even Futurama style head-in-a-jar.

linsomniac 3y ago

"Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon" -- Susan Ertz In that regard, I feel like I'm well positioned for immortality, because I'm so busy! :-)

joegibbs 3y ago

I think I would enjoy 10,000 years but a million might make me go mad. At some point, even being young and healthy, you would probably go insane with boredom after experiencing nearly everything that can be experienced.

omeid2 3y ago

I already do live as if I will live forever. Only death can change that.

p1esk 3y ago

I plan to.

GianFabien 3y ago

If you lived for a very long time, then you'd see our Sun fade away and then explode. Don't think you'd outlive that. Even on a shorter time scale the odds of being in a deadly accident or being killed by somebody would work against your plan.

mikewarot 3y ago

At my current state of health? People will start asking questions in 20 years, and I'm not sure I'm healthy enough to go back to working for a living. If I could restart at about 20... oh yeah.

wutwutwat 3y ago

two posts both in the last 2 days and both mentioning the same businesses which just so happen to be linked on your hn user profile smells of a spam/marketing account pretending to be a user

colinsane 3y ago

the breadth of human experience is such that i could live a million lives and still be wanting. but a single, infinitely long life? that boils down to whether you're leaving open some chance for my infinite suffering (e.g. some debilitating and endless condition). death is positive in as much as it offers an escape from that, negative most everywhere else.

hnaccountme 3y ago

I would have, but then I fell in love