Should we live forever?

[sc_rufctr]

"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."

- Mariah Carey

[svandamme]

Humans already live the longest compared to most other species, and we are generally obnoxious to others... So no, we really shouldn't live forever...we really don't deserve that kind of ability

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by Buckterrier

Wow, you want to pollute the whole solar system with humankind????
That's pretty cold.

Yeah let’s not go effing up any other planets!

[vash]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

We would adapt and imagine what it could mean for space exploration. All of a sudden our solar system becomes really small. Mars would be colonised and terraformed. From there the gas giants and the outer planets would be explored. Then we'd find a way to use the almost limitless resources of our Kuiper belt. (There's lots of water, heavy metals and rare elements in the Kuiper Belt.)

In 100 years we could have millions of people living in various parts of our solar system.

In 200 years... With our current technology it's about 100 years to travel time to Alpha Centauri (Distance from Earth: 4.367 light years).
A space ship 5 times the size of the biggest air craft carrier with more than 100,000 people on board.

What if we launched lots of these in various directions? (All built for the resources in the Kuiper Belt.)
How many virgin versions of Earth are out there waiting for us?

In 500 years or less we could have many billions of people living in other solar systems.

If we could cure ageing our perception of everything changes.

with the kids these days??!!

[Captain Ahab Jr]

As long as I'm physically and mentally active enough to do the stuff I enjoy I quite like the idea of living for longer but not forever

When I die next time I'd like to go the way I went the 1st time

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by LWJ

Consider that while you may be able to live a long time, you may also have to work in a soul sucking grind to pay the bills.

Hmmm. The prospect is less attractive.

Holy smokes. Just f'n kill me now, then.

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?
Answer: I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever.
-- Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest

So there is your answer!

TTIWWP




Pix from 1994, of course. I don't want to see pix of Miss Alabama at the age of 150.

[WolfeMacleod]

Originally Posted by LWJ

Consider that while you may be able to live a long time, you may also have to work in a soul sucking grind to pay the bills.

Hmmm. The prospect is less attractive.

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

Well maybe if you had the time you could develop a talent you're passionate about and then do that for a living.

....

Do something you love to do, and you never "work"

I'm lucky to have that.

[pmax]

I would listen carefully to anyone from a Macleod clan.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

1. If I live forever, how long will the new normal be for kids living at home after college?
2. Should I consider "copyrighting" all my posts?
3. How do potential erectile dysfunction issues factor into this?
4. Same question for prostate issues. At 50,000,000,000,000 years old, how long will it take me to pee?

How bad would the "get off my lawn" bad attitude thing get after a million or so years?

What about reading glasses? After a billion years? What magnification factor?

Will 150 year old people suffer from uberosteoporosis and only be 2 feet tall?

[brainz01]

Originally Posted by pmax

I would listen carefully to anyone from a Macleod clan.

Are you saying there would be only one Pelican?

It just. got. interesting.

[wdfifteen]

MrsWD and I talk about living forever (or at least over again) in our 20's. We figure we would have 4 kids, one every other year - and then when i tied her up we'd just do it for fun.

[Tobra]

No, and the people that would sacrifice anything or anyone to prolong their lives are not the sort that should live forever.

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

I am looking forward to hitting 150.

Not going to happen. Your kidneys won't make it past a buck and a quarter

Humans do not deserve immortality. Dogs are a totally different story.

[Nostril Cheese]

Anybody here ever read Robert Heinlein's Time Enough For Love?

I think that had a pretty good take on eternal life. Although, it did portray a somewhat unreliable narrator.

[A930Rocket]

No. I give myself 5-10 more years.

[pmax]

Originally Posted by brainz01

Are you saying there would be only one Pelican?

It just. got. interesting.

That's what it seems like at times, doesn't it ?

[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."

- Mariah Carey

Apparently she never said that, but I thought she might have, having seen her in real interviews.

[Buckterrier]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

Haha but do you think, maybe as we become more technically advanced we'd be able to solve our waste and pollution problems?

If we had an unlimited life span would we have more incentive to be responsible?

To question 1... Yes, we are solving them. Well at least the US is trying.
To question 2... I couldn't say one way or the other but I'd like to think so.
But by polluting I meant with human greed and need to conquer. Imagine finding a planet with a species say like Native Americans. Human kind would do just as we did on earth.
To answer the original question. How on earth, (pun intended), could you afford to live say to 125. You'd have to work until you were 100!! No thanks

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

Yeah let’s not go effing up any other planets!

Exactly!!