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> Immortal doesn’t mean indestructible. It just means they don’t age. Technically “immortal” means “never dying”, it has nothing to do with age. You could be u
by latexr 1y ago
> Immortal doesn’t mean indestructible. It just means they don’t age.
Technically “immortal” means “never dying”, it has nothing to do with age. You could be unable to die but continue to age and become ever more decrepit (although the Oxford dictionary does list “never decaying” in its definition), for sure there’s a sci-fi short story about that out there.
The mentioned creatures all age, they do get older, it just so happens their bodies don’t deteriorate, or they do but regenerate.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> Technically “immortal” means “never dying”, it has nothing to do with age Hence my use of the term biologically immortal. > mentioned creatures all age, they do get older, it just so happens their bodies don’t deteriorate Were you really confused that OP was talking about stopping physical time?
- latexr 1y ago> Hence my use of the term biologically immortal. That’s the second paragraph. I was specifically addressing only the first (the one I quoted). In that one you seem to be saying that “immortal means not aging”. That’s the only part of your post I wanted to address, the rest was very clear.
- JumpCrisscross 1y agoGot it, thank you. Edited for clarity.