Being immortal, you could make life out to be a seemingly easy task. If you have such a large timeframe, then you could either just blow everything off or get a lot accomplished in your life. I like the amount of possiblilites that would come with being immortal.
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If you were immortal you wouldn't be in a hurry as much as silly mortals tied to the boundaries of life. You would realize that time goes on forever and that you have for infinity to complete what ever task you wished to complete. You could do every thing there ever was to do, is to do and will be to do. You could do things normal people could never accomplish in their short life span. Your wouldn't have a time frame. You could do something for as long as you wanted or for as short as you wanted. So in short, I voted for being immortal. Dieing sucks.
I remember there is a movie(though I can't remember the title) about a scientist who meets an old Gypsy who gives him a potion for eternal youth. He thought she meant you would remain vigorous and young-looking until you die, but it turns out the potion does that AND makes you un-killable. Unfortunately you are still susceptible to injury. Before he figured that out, he tested the potion on his wife, and his mistress steals some. The two find out about eachother, and start fighting to kill, only to realize no matter how horrifically they maimed eachother, neither would die. Never saw the conclusion to that though.
In my opinion death would be a nice break, albeit a permanent one, in the action.
Of course I can't answer for you people, although I'm fairly certain I already know the answer.
Follow up: Why did you choose your answer?
If you ask about immortality i presume you question is based on the most realistic notion of immortality that might be possible one day wherein medical and biochemical knowledge is utilized to arrest cellular aging and replace damaged tissues, cells, organs. If you mean magical immortality as in a building could fall on you and you wouldn't die it becomes a much different question.
I wouldn't hesitate to be immortal for a second unless whatever clinical intervention couldn't stop the decline phase of human life where you become old and decrepit.
If the question is what if you become bored or life becomes horrible you would just stop maintaining your body with whatever intervention and let it death happen or off yourself quickly as physical decline is an unpleasant event.
Death wouldn't just be a break but, i believe, a permanent one. Even though life is hard i have my health and youth and that, personally, is more then enough reason to want to continue to exist, atleast for now. Also you have to believe life would become easier the longer you lived as you would accumulate a tremendous amount of knowledge that allows you to avoid hardships or even exploit some hardships for your own personal benefit.
To clear things up, lets just say I wave the magical fairy wand I keep at my side at all time and make you immortal without the need for you to be integrated into some pod that stops you from aging.
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Yes because I can live forever, play video games forever, here music forever, everything forever.
No because you need to die, because you can't really have a real relationship. Once you marry your wife will soon die then you'll just keep getting new ones. Also, Paradise is way better than life here, Paradise cannot even be imagined so no, I do wanna die.
Also, I might be able to see Allah, and I'll see all the prophets!!
Sure, immortality sounds great now, but once you've lived a hundred thousands years you would be wishing you were dead already. Think about it:
For one, everyone you ever meet in life will die eventually, unless there are other immortals, so you can never have a friendship or relationship because it will only last a couple decades, which would be like a second to an immortal like you. And eventually, when the Earth is destroyed, if humans/something else haven't invented space ships that can travel to other solar systems/galaxies, you will be stuck in space. And even if you are able to go planet hopping, what if the universe is destroyed somehow? What if after that there is nothing left except blackness? You'll only have your thoughts, at least while floating around in space you could look at the stars, now you have nothing. Or you end up stuck at the bottom of a deep sea trench for who knows how long. Or you are eaten, I don't think that would be fun. Or your immortality is found out, and you are locked away in a dark room. And what if you still feel pain? You could be tortured for many, many years, or crushed under something, or impaled on something on a barren world wiped clean by an apocalypse?
Oh, but at least you have the knowledge of the universe you were able to gather until it was destroyed. Or do you? You don't have a memory that lasts for all eternity, you could have forgotten many things over the years. Or what if there is a maximum amount of memories/knowledge you brain can store? You'll begin to lose all that precious knowledge, and you may not always have access to the tools to record it so at least if you ever encounter other civilizations, you could pass it on.
I too would love to see the evolution of the universe, but what if it only lasts so long? If given the option to end it when I felt it was time to, I think I would accept immortality to study the universe and all of it's wonders. But if I was immortal for all eternity with no way of dying, I'll pass.
I would not. Life is precious because it is short. If your life was infinite, nothing would have any meaning. Imagine falling in love, then watching as your wife grows old and dies, then your children grow old and die. How many times can you fit that cycle in before the human race becomes extinct? Eventually, all life on Earth will die, then the planet will be destroyed. Even if humans make it off this rock and move to another star, eventually evolutionary processes will make it impossible for you to interbreed with this new species. If we don't make it off the planet before it is destroyed, you will end up drifting through space until, by chance, you happen to fall onto some other planet. Then the cycle will start over. So either way, you will end up bored and alone, and you still have the rest of your life to look forward to, which is forever.
No because you need to die, because you can't really have a real relationship. Once you marry your wife will soon die then you'll just keep getting new ones. Also, Paradise is way better than life here, Paradise cannot even be imagined so no, I do wanna die.
Considering the divorce rate in the western world relationships don't last long anyway . People trade up mates constantly and there isn't Armageddon.
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Also, I might be able to see Allah, and I'll see all the prophets!!
So my final answer is no, I want to die.
So technically you want immortality, you just want it in a celestial realm and not on earth? Or to phrase it differently immortality would be bad because you wouldn't be able to experience eternal life in the after life?
My version bypasses all of those problems, except the one about being found out. ^-^
Even with a memory span of ten years, you'll still begin to forget stuff eventually, won't you? I think an infinite memory would be best. And being able to get rid of it if you didn't want to be immortal any longer and just wanted to die.
But we were never told whether immortality would include all these things, it could only include being immortal, and that is it.
Depends.. if I was immortal and could not be destroyed or injured, than yes. Life would have an entirely new and joyful sense to it.
Of course there are many downsides. What if something happened and I was the only human left? I am going to see everyone I love die. Would continuing to have a family be worth it? Along with many more.
There are many giant positives too! Endless knowledge and power. Time would never be of the essence for you. I could do whatever I was for almost as long as I want (or whatever I consider a long time-frame now as a mortal)
I believe that with enough time, you would end up never wanting death. Knowing that if you wait long enough something would happen. You'd almost become a godlike figure.
I think I'd have to choose yes.
To be frank: life is hard.
In my opinion death would be a nice break, albeit a permanent one, in the action.
Of course I can't answer for you people, although I'm fairly certain I already know the answer.
Follow up: Why did you choose your answer?
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And when you walk the barren surface of the Earth? Destroyed by man or time itself? When you are the last man alive, then what?
You would cry for death, and no answer would greet you.
Still around at the end of the universe? I can just wait 'til I manage to restart the universe.
But you would have whatever was left for yourself.
If you ask about immortality i presume you question is based on the most realistic notion of immortality that might be possible one day wherein medical and biochemical knowledge is utilized to arrest cellular aging and replace damaged tissues, cells, organs. If you mean magical immortality as in a building could fall on you and you wouldn't die it becomes a much different question.
I wouldn't hesitate to be immortal for a second unless whatever clinical intervention couldn't stop the decline phase of human life where you become old and decrepit.
If the question is what if you become bored or life becomes horrible you would just stop maintaining your body with whatever intervention and let it death happen or off yourself quickly as physical decline is an unpleasant event.
Death wouldn't just be a break but, i believe, a permanent one. Even though life is hard i have my health and youth and that, personally, is more then enough reason to want to continue to exist, atleast for now. Also you have to believe life would become easier the longer you lived as you would accumulate a tremendous amount of knowledge that allows you to avoid hardships or even exploit some hardships for your own personal benefit.
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Yes because I can live forever, play video games forever, here music forever, everything forever.
No because you need to die, because you can't really have a real relationship. Once you marry your wife will soon die then you'll just keep getting new ones. Also, Paradise is way better than life here, Paradise cannot even be imagined so no, I do wanna die.
Also, I might be able to see Allah, and I'll see all the prophets!!
So my final answer is no, I want to die.
Look at it this way, if there is no afterlife, you'll never know!
For one, everyone you ever meet in life will die eventually, unless there are other immortals, so you can never have a friendship or relationship because it will only last a couple decades, which would be like a second to an immortal like you. And eventually, when the Earth is destroyed, if humans/something else haven't invented space ships that can travel to other solar systems/galaxies, you will be stuck in space. And even if you are able to go planet hopping, what if the universe is destroyed somehow? What if after that there is nothing left except blackness? You'll only have your thoughts, at least while floating around in space you could look at the stars, now you have nothing. Or you end up stuck at the bottom of a deep sea trench for who knows how long. Or you are eaten, I don't think that would be fun. Or your immortality is found out, and you are locked away in a dark room. And what if you still feel pain? You could be tortured for many, many years, or crushed under something, or impaled on something on a barren world wiped clean by an apocalypse?
Oh, but at least you have the knowledge of the universe you were able to gather until it was destroyed. Or do you? You don't have a memory that lasts for all eternity, you could have forgotten many things over the years. Or what if there is a maximum amount of memories/knowledge you brain can store? You'll begin to lose all that precious knowledge, and you may not always have access to the tools to record it so at least if you ever encounter other civilizations, you could pass it on.
I too would love to see the evolution of the universe, but what if it only lasts so long? If given the option to end it when I felt it was time to, I think I would accept immortality to study the universe and all of it's wonders. But if I was immortal for all eternity with no way of dying, I'll pass.
I'll be honest with you, I've never actually played Magic: The Gathering before.
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Considering the divorce rate in the western world relationships don't last long anyway . People trade up mates constantly and there isn't Armageddon.
So technically you want immortality, you just want it in a celestial realm and not on earth? Or to phrase it differently immortality would be bad because you wouldn't be able to experience eternal life in the after life?
Even with a memory span of ten years, you'll still begin to forget stuff eventually, won't you? I think an infinite memory would be best. And being able to get rid of it if you didn't want to be immortal any longer and just wanted to die.
But we were never told whether immortality would include all these things, it could only include being immortal, and that is it.
I'll be honest with you, I've never actually played Magic: The Gathering before.
Of course there are many downsides. What if something happened and I was the only human left? I am going to see everyone I love die. Would continuing to have a family be worth it? Along with many more.
There are many giant positives too! Endless knowledge and power. Time would never be of the essence for you. I could do whatever I was for almost as long as I want (or whatever I consider a long time-frame now as a mortal)
I believe that with enough time, you would end up never wanting death. Knowing that if you wait long enough something would happen. You'd almost become a godlike figure.
I think I'd have to choose yes.