Would you like to live for all eternity?

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06 Aug 2012, 1:19 pm

Yes, but certainly not in this world.

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06 Aug 2012, 2:00 pm

nominalist wrote:

Yes, but certainly not in this world.

Very good point.

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06 Aug 2012, 3:17 pm

Not as I am now. I'm hoping that I'll be reincarnated as a much more interesting creature in a much more satisfying world.

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06 Aug 2012, 5:36 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:

Very good point.

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06 Aug 2012, 6:44 pm

Will some of us live forever?

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06 Aug 2012, 6:48 pm

ronpl wrote:

Will some of us live forever?

Given the biological facts about us, not very likely.

We are made of stuff that has a short shelf life compared to eternity.

After about fifty cell divisions a healthy cell dies. Only cancerous cells keep on dividing.

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06 Aug 2012, 9:19 pm

ruveyn wrote:

ronpl wrote:

Will some of us live forever?

Not to get off topic, but remember that X Files episode where a paramedic is a next step in evolution, and is composed entirely of cancerous cells? Early on, he's decapitated and merely has to grow a new head. But in order to survive, he has to eat the cancerous flesh of cancer patients. :eew:

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06 Aug 2012, 11:00 pm

ruveyn wrote:

ronpl wrote:

Will some of us live forever?

The reason is mainly because the telomeres get shorter with each replication. These are like caps that protect the ends of a chromosome. When they are damaged, the cell initiates apoptosis (cell death) to prevent mutation. But there's a substance called telomerase that can possibly protect the telomeres. But it might cause an increase in cancer - apoptosis is part of the genetic repair mechanics.

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07 Aug 2012, 12:38 am

I dunno about forever but indefinitely until I feel like being done would be pretty cool

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07 Aug 2012, 1:05 am

Jacoby wrote:

I dunno about forever but indefinitely until I feel like being done would be pretty cool

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07 Aug 2012, 2:00 am

No, but I'm pleased with what I'm given.

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07 Aug 2012, 10:16 am

edgewaters wrote:

It is a no-win game.

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09 Aug 2012, 5:15 pm

ruveyn wrote:

I would prefer an infinite set of finite lives to a finite set of infinite lives.

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Spoken like a true Mathematician. :lol:

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09 Aug 2012, 9:16 pm

willard the wonk believes we all live for eternity, in spirit.

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10 Aug 2012, 6:49 am

If I could live for all eternity without hunger or sickness then yes, I would. If not, I'm good with 100 years. [Everyone in my family lives that long. EVERYONE.]

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10 Aug 2012, 3:36 pm

LennytheWicked wrote:

If I could live for all eternity without hunger or sickness then yes, I would. If not, I'm good with 100 years. [Everyone in my family lives that long. EVERYONE.]

Have you considered the possibility of eternal boredom?

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