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They aren't speaking literally. From my point of view, a human who can live, say, 10,000 years is as good as 'immortal'. Sure its literally wrong, but I hear
by jshevek 12y ago
They aren't speaking literally. From my point of view, a human who can live, say, 10,000 years is as good as 'immortal'. Sure its literally wrong, but I heard webster now defines 'literally' as 'figuratively' so I'm ready to give up on pedantry.
- cratermoon 12y ago10,000 years, hmm? Ever read Larry Niven's short story "Cautionary Tales"?
- jshevek 12y agoI read a lot of Niven's short stories as a child, but I don't remember that title. Did he illustrate some of the problems we'd have with long life spans?
- cratermoon 12y agoNot really. It was more of an exploration into different perspectives on search for life-extending technologies by aliens with different life spans. I suggest reading it.