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my background in biochemistry makes me think it's almost guaranteed to be impossible, so i don't worry about it.
however, in hypothetical case it isn't, i'd argue that it would be proper to destroy this technology in all cases along with inventors, because it would be horridly expensive initially, and first people to get it would be people like peter thiel and larry ellison. there was a recording where putin and xi admitted that they are also interested. then what you'll get would be class of immortal oligarchs. planck once said, progress in physics happens one funeral at a time, it's really more general than just physics, and you can say goodbye to any progress from that point on
Part of rejuvenation is rejuvenating brain to keep its youthful plasticity.
Why the hell would I want to live forever, I don't want to be alive now
I don't? It sounds like a horrible curse. Part of the reason life is meaningful is that we're only temporary witnesses of the universe.
Y'all are crazy, I'd take immorality in a heartbeat if anyone was offering.
"Forever" is a long time. Only this universe still has a few billion years to go. Washing my dishes every day for all this time would be boring. No thanks!
Oh, god, I don't. Not even close.
What, why would I want that, what am I gonna do with forever, more of this shit, no thanks
I don't. The idea of doing this in perpetuity is painful. I would like to earn my rest.
I read The Postmortal by Drew Magary.
If no one dies, life is worthless.
And if only I stay alive forever, my wife and my friends are gone, and it’s just me, alone, in this shattered husk of a body.
I was not aware it was optional.
Ever? None. I'm not foolish enough to think I can live forever. Even if I could be upload to a computer, I wouldn't. That sounds more like hell than heaven. No Earthly pleasures.
Why on earth would I want that? It‘s a fate I wouldn‘t wish on my worst enemy.
Something something adeptus mechanicus.
Quantum Immortality. There is at least one version of me that lives on.