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In reply to the discussion: If human beings develop the ability to live forever, is that good for the species as a whole? [View all]Lint Head
(15,064 posts)30. Well. That ends the reason to have sex for giving birth.
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If human beings develop the ability to live forever, is that good for the species as a whole? [View all]
arely staircase
Apr 2014
OP
what if it becomes cheap and say every one from the Koch brothers to a school teacher can
arely staircase
Apr 2014
#7
the rich have kept 49 of 50 states from having a simple fucking sticky label attached to their food
piratefish08
Apr 2014
#48
well we would live forever by not aging (regenerating parts both internal and external as they break
arely staircase
Apr 2014
#22
A couple of issues, first off, I don't think it will be easy, for one, we don't have a sustainable..
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#18
"We will have to expand beyond Earth at some point, unless we are willing to "cull" our population."
avebury
Apr 2014
#56
It is really going to depend on how much damage climate change will do to our...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2014
#82
so what if we have that ability before the ability to manage resourses differently
arely staircase
Apr 2014
#38
Implicit in "developing the ability to live forever" is managing resources.
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2014
#74
I would think that we might have to stop procreating for a little while. n/t
pepperbear
Apr 2014
#37
Saw a video of a seminar with Michio Kaku and others discussing transhumanism.
freshwest
Apr 2014
#39
Thanks for your recommendation (haven't seen that movie). And thanks also for your thoughtful post.
KittyWampus
Apr 2014
#72
Immortality would be like the alien invasion we've always imagined would unite us.
randome
Apr 2014
#53
Would it be good for petty, greedy, malicious, backbiting, lying, violent beings to live forever?
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2014
#55
we would become a nation of old people with no one to yell at regarding our lawns. nt
Javaman
Apr 2014
#58
I really think mortality plays into the notion of "Let someone else deal with it."
randome
Apr 2014
#78
That's mother nature you have a complaint with. I'm speaking of government policies. nt
Romulox
Apr 2014
#75
The most powerful group decides how we are all treated. That isn't the young. nt
Romulox
Apr 2014
#80
The young are *by far* the most likely to live in poverty here in the US. You are simply wrong. nt
Romulox
Apr 2014
#86
We already do live forever… we just change bodies every 65 years or so. Like a hermit crab
KittyWampus
Apr 2014
#71