This is a wonderful topic, Jim, and I need to give it some thought. Justin mentioned in a recent argumentative post that "this was the kind of stuff that caused him to look forward to death" (sorry for the paraphrase, Justin.) I read that and could feel it through every part of my being. As much as I love life right now, I am not sure it is enough for me, the way the world is now. My hope is, that as I change, so will the world and there will be a point of recognition that will change that for me.
Let me think about this some more. If I could only stop thinking about the Highlander. Thanks alot, Francis! On Aug 6, 4:01 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
