Molly - if you mean that - As much as I love life, I am not sure it is enough for me, the way the world is now - and would like to pursue this, I would welcome it. I'd begin the pursuit with the observation that what I see in the mirror is not the real me. Jim
On Aug 6, 1:23 pm, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
