Anthroman78 t1_j3cmpju wrote
Ending aging doesn't mean people can't die from accidents or physical harm.
tkuiper t1_j3cnrbv wrote
Everytime this comes up lol. Folks really struggle to separate the fantasy supernatural 'pick-a-version' immortality from the real 'treatment-to-not-age' thing.
Even better than just not aging, it's like cancer. You'll still have to see a doctor when you contract it, even when they find a cure.
Starnois t1_j3coiy8 wrote
not if you upload yourself to an unharmable substrate.
thewinterofmylife t1_j3ctkmt wrote
But then you're not uploading yourself, your uploading a copy of your consciousness. That copy will continue on, but you yourself will not.
Starnois t1_j3eh5tc wrote
Ok, so let’s say you replace one synapse with a digital one? Is that still you? What if you replace 50%, is that still you? Why not then go 100%? It’s still you if you do it that way.
ProfessorGluttony t1_j3cp8za wrote
At that point ethical assisted suicide would have to become universally legal. Also to say, if they can stop it, they can start aging again as well.
shavinghobbit t1_j3cq42c wrote
This is a big one. If we do halt aging, people will still reach a point where they want to die, as morbid as that may be. We don't know the psychological impact of near immortality and not to sound like a pessimist but I don't think it'll be good
JoulestheNarratus t1_j3crxns wrote
For most people probably. Hell, most I ask whether they would like to live forever or not say no.
I imagine those would be the ones that would snap lol
Me? Live forever or die trying.
StuckHiccup t1_j3crkbg wrote
Ending aging does mean immortal or even near immortal, it's 300 years, give take. The mice had 3 times life span
shavinghobbit t1_j3ctrsy wrote
Okay, so biblical ages. Still a really long time to live and we still don't know what it would do to our psychology
StuckHiccup t1_j3d2qgk wrote
Yeah of course but the question of 300 years to heat death of the universe are extremely different questions
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