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post #31 of 40
2/20/10 at 11:38pm
I don't think I would want to live forever. What suffering that would be.
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post #32 of 40
2/20/10 at 11:41pm
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I don't think I would want to live forever. What suffering that would be.
well, you get your wish! you're easy to please
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post #33 of 40
2/20/10 at 11:51pm
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I don't think I would want to live forever. What suffering that would be.
There was a very thought-provoking episode about that on the original Star Trek TV series. I honestly believe that without death, life would have no meaning.

Science and medicine have done a remarkable job of extending our lives (at least for those of us who live in affluent cultures.) But we have not managed to address all of the quality-of-life issues that usually arise in later life.

I'd love to live to be 100, but only if I can do so with diginity. My uncle just died in his late 80s of Alzheimer's. The last couple of years of his life were excruciating -- both for him, and for my aunt, who tenderly cared for him until the last day of his life.
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post #34 of 40
2/20/10 at 11:54pm
If increased oxygen content progressed the aging process, I should be dead. I work with oxygen and breath it often. To my knowledge, I have no cancer at 53.
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post #35 of 40
2/21/10 at 12:07am
I enjoy life. A lot. I enjoy my family.
Having said that, I don't see a reason to fear death, which is part of life.
This planet would not hold all of us if we never died. Death preserves life. Life needs death.
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post #36 of 40
2/21/10 at 12:10am
some even think that the whole universe, itself, in totality, 'dies'.

maybe it comes back (re-invents itself). maybe not. maybe its all a one-shot (lol).

so, actually, *nothing* lasts forever. supernovas and such getcha sooner or later
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post #37 of 40
2/21/10 at 12:16am
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maybe it comes back (re-invents itself). maybe not. maybe its all a one-shot (lol).
Yeah, like in the Matrix.
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post #38 of 40
2/21/10 at 3:50am
Everything is circular. What once was here and is now gone will be back again. Take evolution for example: suppose there was a nuclear holocaust that wiped out everything on earth (on a lot of peoples minds in the 50/60s); the theory was that cockroaches would probably have a higher chance of survival than any other species, and could grow unchecked into "super-sized" cockroaches. Take a leap and say that the natural predator of the cockroach survived, some kind of lizard. The reptile grows in size along with it's prey, and pretty soon they evolve into dinosaurs on our renewed, globally-warmed, tropical planet. Then a meteor hits and and there's a massive ice age, which then evolves climatically into a more seasonal model. The giant reptiles go away, and fish, mammals, and finally primates evolve. Warfare-prone hairless monkeys settle down and make tools and plant crops, build cities and monuments to their Gods, conquer each other and build empires, then finally have their industrial/technological revolution and blow each other up in a mushroom cloud as they compete for the few resources left on the planet. Then a cockroach emerges from the fallout...
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post #39 of 40
2/21/10 at 11:31am
Evolution is only circular in that a favorable trait might arise again in different species given similar conditions.
Evolution doesn't have a direction, circular, straight or otherwise.
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post #40 of 40
2/21/10 at 11:47am
You must live in a Random Universe. I prefer a different thread of reality myself
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