[–] organgrape ago
I would do it for sure if I always had new bodies.
I think immortality gets bad press because no one is openly immortal. I'd not be surprised if there were a small group of immortal people who are regular humans who became immortal through some harmless ritual, yet hide it from us and spread the idea that immortality would be bad so they can keep population numbers down. Also they're not regular humans they're reptilian and they aren't from Earth.
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[–] RudigerSmoot [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Oh man, is it not clear in my post that you're able to die by any method a normal person would? Nobody is becoming immortal. In this question, science simply allows you to live as long as you want. Few extra years? Sure. Literally until the world collapses? Done.
[–] Lilian 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I'm rather terrified of death, so I would definitely be okay with living forever. I would love to see humanity rise to interstellar travel, and maybe even the decline of human civilization. As long as I had some way of travelling through space, though. I guess kinda like Dr. Manhattan. If I could be like that, I could fulfill my life long, and as of yet unattainable, dream of exploring the universe. Hell, I might even stick around after the heat death of the universe, just to see what happens after that. I'd like to say that I'd only want it if I had some way of ending my own life, but honestly, I'd probably be okay with just existing probably forever.
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[–] FalseDomain ago
Fuck no. I'd rather die with everyone else than keep getting close to people and losing them.
Nothing is worth the pain of emptiness.
[–] dryitmat 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I would want to keep a stock of 21 year old clones. Transfer my conscious into one of them on death.
I wouldn't want to be some powerful leader, or head of a multi-national corporation.
I just want to see what the fuck is going to happen for humanity. I want to observe what we are going to do, where we are exploring, the new discoveries that await our species. I want to be an observer until the extinction of humanity, whenever that may be.
But the only way I would want to live forever is if I could have my dog live forever alongside me. I will only ever truly love one women, and I need a companion. So thus, what a better fitting companion for the immortal man than his best friend.
[–] Ilikelamps 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I could sign up for that. :P
[–] dryitmat ago
I'm tagging you as "My Immortal Dog"