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IntelligentBand467 t1_j3bp111 wrote

Reply to comment by Desperate_Food7354 in How to Prepare for the AI Assisted Life Extension Escape Velocity by banuk_sickness_eater

With advances in AI, brain imaging, and so on. I wouldn't be surprised if we'll have the option to flip off that fear sooner than we would the ability to live forever.

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Desperate_Food7354 t1_j3bs8rr wrote

By switching off the fear of death it would switch off the drive to have lived a fulfilled life, sure you can rot in your bed all day, but is that what you really want even if your brain is alright with letting you stay like that?

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IntelligentBand467 t1_j3buhfd wrote

I think the conclusion you draw is far from conclusive there. Living in fear vs. living in fear. And there is nothing that says fear needs to be the base from which all motivation and interest springs. I have many motivations that come from things other than fear. Anyway I'm not looking for an argument, and also I don't see anything wrong with trying to live longer or as long as possible.

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Desperate_Food7354 t1_j3bva4y wrote

I never said anything about not living longer, I think that’s a great idea, I’m just saying that death is very real and that I think we need this fear of death in order to conquer it if we are going to live such short lives in the first place. Say if Isaac newton decided to become the fastest pebble stacker for the first 70 years of his life and then all the sudden decided to do math, he wouldn’t of been Isaac newton, if he lived another 900 years there’s a good chance he’d still have been the person we knew if not way more.

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