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Re:Death Redesigned by philwelch on Friday March 20, 2015 @11:02AM (#9238107)
But it is required by nature. Even if you could somehow extend human life significantly, at some point parts would wear out and faculties would diminish. Everything in the world eventually crumbles and erodes to dust or rust or rot, even the earth and stars. Why not us?
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Re:Death Redesigned by MichaelGG on Friday March 20, 2015 @12:38PM (#9238693)
A million years isn't that long, cosmologically. I would not attempt to guess what computational powers we may figure out in that timespan. And even if we never do get unlimited computation, giving people eons seems like a better state than now.
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Re:Death Redesigned by philwelch on Friday March 20, 2015 @05:33PM (#9240808)
A million years isn't that long and if you could give everyone on earth an extra million QALY's that would be wonderful, but it still wouldn't circumvent mortality.
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