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To live forever?

• boundlessdreamz 17y ago
  Remembered something by Tolkien. "Death was a gift to men. Though elves did not die, as they aged they became more sorrowful". [paraphrased]. I don't think that living forever is a good thing.
  • swombat 17y ago
    Fine. Those who want to die, be my guest. Those of us who want to live forever, we'd like the option anyway, please.
  • rms 17y ago
    Living forever is only hell if you remain human. By the time I turn one million I will be an entity of nearly infinite wisdom, more powerful than the God of the Christians.
    • derefr 17y ago
      A nice (though hella-long) follow-up to this thought: http://lesswrong.com/lw/xy/the_fun_theory_sequence/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/xy/the_fun_theory_sequence/
      • rms 17y ago
        I've read it. I wish more people were asking the questions asked by Eliezer.
    • aswanson 17y ago
      Why not just reboot and live another interesting sequence of experiences every thousand years or so?
      • rms 17y ago
        Absolutely, I believe that is an important part of living forever. My immortal soul will get bored sometimes and have part of himself reincarnated. Interesting knowledge will continue to exist into the future for a while. If no one has built a particle accelerator the size of a planet yet by the time I get my PhD in Physics, I'll build one for my dissertation. Then once we find the second and fourth dimensions, we may discover the actual secrets of the universe. Or AI will do it for us. Ultimately I think the thing to do will be to colonize the universe for humanity. To try and reach the next type on the Kardashev Scale. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale
• s-phi-nl 17y ago
  If men lived forever, earth would be hell.
  • eru 17y ago
    Why?