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> actually think they might get to live forever And they aren't horrified at the prospect of that being possible? Not much thinking going on there, I suppose.
by ableal 14y ago
> actually think they might get to live forever
And they aren't horrified at the prospect of that being possible?
Not much thinking going on there, I suppose.
- Cushman 14y agoEliezer Yudkowsky's younger brother died in 2004 and it inspired a lengthy email thread about the subject.[0] I expect it is not so much about wishing not to die, which even a transhumanist must admit is at least no worse than living, but wishing not to have loved ones die. Truly tragic. [0] http://yudkowsky.net/other/yehuda http://yudkowsky.net/other/yehuda
- D_Alex 14y agoWhy would you be horrified at the prospect of living? I suspect it is you that needs to put a bit more thought into this matter.
- D_Alex 14y agoOh wow! A downvote! So, the message I'm getting is that a) it is appropriate to be horrified at the prospect of living; and furthermore b) asking why is inappropriate...? This is seriously weirding me out.
- Jach 14y agoThe message I've taken from this entire subthread is "try to laugh rather than shake my head." The behavior makes a lot of sense if I frame it in status signaling (which helps make sense of so much that I suspect it of being too broad a framework). My own comment on the topic of living is: so it may be physically impossible to live forever, I think shooting for even a "mere" 200 years is doable and would be fucking awesome. At least we're not dogs, they get less than two decades.