Re:Poll: Want to live forever?
[quote=”thefrey”]Living a much longer life span would depend on the state of mental and physical health you would enjoy.
If they could cap you at say 30-40 or even 50 it would not be too bad. If it became a gradual thing… like it takes 80 years to reach 40ish health and then it is a lonnnnnnnng slow slide from there….. no.
I would not like to spend 50 or 60 years (or longer) with 80/90ish health. I have seen theGrandmother, theGreatAunt, and theOldestUncle experience this. While they were glad to be with us that long, they were also looking forward to escaping the aches, pains and medical limitations by taking the big sleep soon.[/quote]
Well yes there’s that and also Venus made many good points. I’m just assuming that if technology can keep a person living forever, it can also keep you healthy and vigorous.
Teh article is still there:
“Life extension is not everything, after all. Near-starvation and castration both bring unusual longevity, but few of us choose either option. ”
Well some sacrifices I am not willing to make.
“We might remember the wisdom of Odysseus, who was offered immortality by a luscious goddess, Calypso, but turned her down to grow old and die with his wife, Penelope.”
..the moral..never marry anyone called Penelope.