Would you like to live for all eternity?

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06 Aug 2012, 6:40 am

AspieOtaku wrote:

I would love to live for eternity unable to age as well staying looking like I am in my 20s and just generate income in my savings account and travel the world many times!

While everyone else you might care for shrivels and dies including your own children, grandchildren etc..

No thank you.

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06 Aug 2012, 1:19 pm

Yes, but certainly not in this world.

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06 Aug 2012, 2:00 pm

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Yes, but certainly not in this world.

Very good point.

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06 Aug 2012, 3:17 pm

Not as I am now. I'm hoping that I'll be reincarnated as a much more interesting creature in a much more satisfying world.

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06 Aug 2012, 5:36 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:

Very good point.

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06 Aug 2012, 6:44 pm

Will some of us live forever?

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06 Aug 2012, 6:48 pm

ronpl wrote:

Will some of us live forever?

Given the biological facts about us, not very likely.

We are made of stuff that has a short shelf life compared to eternity.

After about fifty cell divisions a healthy cell dies. Only cancerous cells keep on dividing.

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06 Aug 2012, 9:19 pm

ruveyn wrote:

ronpl wrote:

Will some of us live forever?

Not to get off topic, but remember that X Files episode where a paramedic is a next step in evolution, and is composed entirely of cancerous cells? Early on, he's decapitated and merely has to grow a new head. But in order to survive, he has to eat the cancerous flesh of cancer patients. :eew:

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06 Aug 2012, 11:00 pm

ruveyn wrote:

ronpl wrote:

Will some of us live forever?

The reason is mainly because the telomeres get shorter with each replication. These are like caps that protect the ends of a chromosome. When they are damaged, the cell initiates apoptosis (cell death) to prevent mutation. But there's a substance called telomerase that can possibly protect the telomeres. But it might cause an increase in cancer - apoptosis is part of the genetic repair mechanics.

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07 Aug 2012, 12:38 am

I dunno about forever but indefinitely until I feel like being done would be pretty cool

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07 Aug 2012, 1:05 am

Jacoby wrote:

I dunno about forever but indefinitely until I feel like being done would be pretty cool

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07 Aug 2012, 2:00 am

No, but I'm pleased with what I'm given.

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07 Aug 2012, 10:16 am

edgewaters wrote:

It is a no-win game.

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09 Aug 2012, 5:15 pm

ruveyn wrote:

I would prefer an infinite set of finite lives to a finite set of infinite lives.

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Spoken like a true Mathematician. :lol:

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09 Aug 2012, 9:16 pm

willard the wonk believes we all live for eternity, in spirit.

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