Reminds me of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde.//I love where I am at and wouldn't go back for anything- in fact, that was what I was saying to God this morning! The problem may be misconceptions about all age groups.
On Aug 8, 3:35�pm, Alan Wostenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Good question, Jim. Endless life extension without aging? > > Assume the issues of bad social effects and distributive justice > raised in other responses were solved. Is endless continuation of life > even then appealing? > > What would be the purpose of, say, even 25% longer life? To know more > great grandchildren? To climb another corporate ladder? Gain another > PhD? > > It seems to me whatever temporal good one seeks, all such goods are > finite. Consequently, continuation of this life in a healthy 30- > something body is more of the same, and would eventually become as > boring as h-ll. �Consider life beyond mere life extension: a quantum > leap to something better! > > On Aug 6, 1:01�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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
