Many of the recent threads - evolution, non-medical healing, are we in
control, Feynman's mysteries, etc. - seem to dance around on the
wavecrest of scientific discoveries. It strikes me that, given the
major scientific advances in recent decades and the increasing speed
of scientific progress, in the foreseeable future - 100 years maybe -
humans may be able to elect to live without aging. We might well be
able to maintain our bodies at age 30 or 40 or whatever as long as we
like. In other words, we might be able to choose to live forever.
If we accept that as a possibility, I wonder what sort of
philosophical issues it raises. How might our view of life and death
be changed, if at all? How would our economies adapt? Would people
still marry for life? Would it change communities? Would our
objectives - happy life, great wealth, friendships, learning, travel
etc. - change, and if so how? And how would we settle such issues?
Anyone care to pursue this thread? Jim
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