Billions’ worth of high-tech research seeking to make death optional

Re:Billions’ worth of high-tech research seeking to make dea... by dontreact on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @12:50AM (#13974172)

As an example, wasn't Einstein a strong opponent to some of the weirder conclusions that would later be drawn by Quantum Physics? Even the brilliant people get stuck at some point (as you alluded to), and fresh perspectives are needed to make progress.

In addition, you don't get to pick who lives on and who doesn't. Think of all the people you would find to be very culturally backwards that would still be alive and hold a lot of power.

Getting to choose to live longer = good. I'm not trying to argue against that. I'm just trying to point out the benefits that natural death provides to society, because these benefits are something I personally plan to think carefully about as the choice to live longer and longer becomes an option.

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Re:Billions’ worth of high-tech research seeking to make dea... by Chris2048 on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @08:14AM (#13975894)

> Think of all the people you would find to be very culturally backwards

Is the assumption that each generation is better than the last?

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Re:Billions’ worth of high-tech research seeking to make dea... by imranq on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @11:02AM (#13977132)

Hopefully if the previous generation paid it forward.

And as long we are talking about scientists, Feynman said this in his speech:

"The ideas I wish to describe are old ideas. There is practically nothing that I am going to say tonight that could not easily have been said by philosophers of the seventeenth century. Why repeat all this? Because there are new generations born every day. Because there are great ideas developed in the history of man, and these ideas do not last unless they are passed purposely and clearly from generation to generation."

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