21 sats \ 3 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 24 Aug 2023 \ parent \ on: POLL: Would you become immortal, if you could? meta
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
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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