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dasnihil t1_j8oa690 wrote

Reply to comment by wastedtime32 in What will the singularity mean? Why are we persuing it? by wastedtime32

that "meaning" you think that exists out there was made up by us as a coping mechanism.

biological species operate on physics/chemistry and some species are already immortal, some live for hundreds of years, and some for a few seconds.

try to come out of your bubble of tribal constructs to see more clearly.

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wastedtime32 OP t1_j8p143x wrote

I just told you what the meaning was. It’s not religious by any means. The only meaning there is derives from our awareness of a restriction on our ability to be.

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dasnihil t1_j8p1in4 wrote

Word mumbo jumbo.

A human child who is entirely kept from the knowledge of death is equally sentient and aware and more meaningful than our redundant lives. Your theory fails in many ways, I'm just pointing out one.

We're just used to being mortal. Once we're not, we'll just create new meanings around immortality to cope with existence, that one is not going away whether we're mortal or not.

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wastedtime32 OP t1_j8p2ch8 wrote

I have a question for you. If I want to live on a farm and raise a family and work and make things for myself, and I’m not restricting anyone else’s ability to do whatever they want, should I be allowed? Or should I be forced to commit myself to this new utopian world? If it’s a utopia, shouldn’t everyone be able to do exactly what they want to do?

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KillHunter777 t1_j8p75v9 wrote

You will be allowed to do exactly that. What are you arguing against?

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wastedtime32 OP t1_j8p9ug8 wrote

Whoops, responded to the wrong person.

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dasnihil t1_j8pc2o0 wrote

same answer, nobody is going to force immortality on you, except maybe the AI overlords, but that's for harvesting reasons and not in our control anyway.

if you find existence as suffering, then it's fine to not crave living forever, i understand.

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