Blaze:
I agree. In addition, if life expectancy suddenly got extended significantly, it would so completely and irrevocably change the way we think and act, that these parochial attitudes would be as obsolete as the dodo bird. They would be replaced by a whole new set of behavior. It is amazing to me how people extrapolate certain societal characteristics to new paradigms without understanding that the paradigm itself would alter things irrevocably. From: Blaze Spinnaker [mailto:blazespinna...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 9:40 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OT fountain of youth? Geez, that's pretty grim! Are you a part of some death cult? There's a lot of great ways a law respecting society can ensure a fresh evolution of ideas. Death doesn't have to be one of them. On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com <mailto:jedrothw...@gmail.com> > wrote: Giovanni Santostasi <gsantost...@gmail.com <mailto:gsantost...@gmail.com> > wrote: We the death of each individual an irreplaceable world is lost. In particular when we are talking about creative and productive people that could contribute for centuries to the better of mankind. Yeah? What makes you think the creative productive people would be preserved? No way! It would be the wealthy and brutal people. If we had this in the 20th century, Stalin would still be in charge of Russia. J. Gould and the other robber barons would still be running Wall Street. The Kim family would run North Korea forever. In cold fusion, opponents such as Huizenga would make policy for the next 500 years, and they would never allow research. Young people would never be able to contribute, or even grow up. Even James Watt became an impediment to progress at the end of his life. Death leads to turnover. It gives young people with fresh perspectives a chance. Most great science is done by young people. If the old scientists never get out the way, new ideas will never be published. I agree with Max Planck. Death is sad for the individual, but it is a blessing to society, and it is essential. - Jed
