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Re:Simple blood tests may soon be able to deliver news about... by mikestew on Saturday November 18, 2017 @12:21AM (#15727874)
You’ll live to a thousand years, but you’ll probably only vividly remember the last five decades, and some smatterings from the past. Is that really meaningful?

I just want to get really good on the mandolin, and that’s probably going to take a few decades more than I actually have. And that’s what I think about when I watch movies about immortals (Highlander and the like). While you’re thinking “oh, the things he must have seen! The rise and fall of empires! The loves won and lost!”, I’m thinking, “he must play a hell of a violin by now.” So I might only remember the last fifty years, but I’ll always be better on the mandolin than I was last year. Who knows, maybe I’d have time to get good on the fiddle?

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Re:Simple blood tests may soon be able to deliver news about... by jansho on Saturday November 18, 2017 @05:27AM (#15728487)
> I just want to get really good on the mandolin

There’s something sweet about that :) But a few centuries later, you sure you’ll still enjoy it?

Myself, I’m prone to getting frustrated that I can’t learn faster, but we just have to make peace with that. Being in ignorance and pain can sometimes be what makes life so poignant. Who knows, there will never be enough years that we can be satisfied with.

I better take off my musing hat now..

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