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21 sats \ 9 replies \ @Undisciplined 24 Aug 2023 \ parent \ on: POLL: Would you become immortal, if you could? meta
He must be enjoying it quite a bit to make that kind of investment. All that shows is that he prefers longevity to dating.
Also, a question isn't an argument. People reveal through their actions that they prefer living longer. All this pro-mortality talk is just some sort of coping mechanism or romanticization, as with the people who clearly don't like paying taxes despite claiming otherwise.
wanting to live longer != wanting to live forever
edit: oh, so basically what @birdeye21 replied
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Does wanting to live longer = wanting to live indefinitely?
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Isn't wanting to live indefinitely the same as living forever?
Maybe I should rephrase "wanting to live longer":
Imo, it's about living a healthy life to live a fulfilling life as long as possible. While accepting that all good things must come to an end.
You wouldn't appreciate life without death.
Maybe we need to define what we mean with "immortal" though. I interpreted as not being able to die, not from natural causes nor from a plane crashing on you
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I thought changing the framing might change how you think about it.
Saying you want to live longer, but not forever, is basically saying you currently want to live indefinitely, but you'd like a future version of yourself to stop wanting that.
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but you'd like a future version of yourself to stop wanting that.
No, I just know that whatever I do, I will probably not live 200 years for example.
But maybe I am not considering technological advances enough.
Edit: or maybe yes. I think I see the confusion now
Yes, I think at some point I would be tired of life and would welcome death.
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I do hope he is enjoying it.
I think there is a difference between wanting to live healthily and naturally "extend" your happy life, staying grounded in our biological reality, versus wanting to "transcend" and live forever. "Naturally healthy" sounds more "healthy" to me than "perfectly healthy" if that makes sense lol.
I am very "pro-mortal" I guess, but I do appreciate that we all have our different perspectives
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There are different versions of immortality. If the version where you could "live healthily and naturally" indefinitely were on the table, would you still not want it?
I can certainly understand why someone wouldn't want to be old and sick forever, or if it was an all consuming effort to maintain your longevity.
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I would maybe consider "healthy infinite life" if I also had the option to end it when I wanted, but my thinking in general is that life's finality makes it worth living. A healthy mind/body with infinite time to do what it wants may not actually be so healthy.
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A healthy mind/body with infinite time to do what it wants may not actually be so healthy.
Maybe not, but I'd be willing to take that chance.
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