You have been given a choice to become immortal. Would you?
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You have been given a choice to become immortal. Would you?
I am not sure. The idea of becoming immortal does sound interesting but.....
Please share your thoughts on this topic. ?
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I like the way you have compared immortality with books. ?The Researcher wrote:No I dont think I will want to become an immortal. It would be like exchanging many new exciting lives for an eternally long old one. Or in terms of books it would be like reading a very very long book instead of getting a chance to explore many more new titles and authors
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I will want to become immortal. There are endless possibilities in an immortal life, not to mention the endless time to read.Wasif Ahmed wrote:If you were given the choice of not aging beyond a certain point, would you do it?
I am not sure. The idea of becoming immortal does sound interesting but.....
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You'd run out of books. ?gali wrote:I will want to become immortal. There are endless possibilities in an immortal life, not to mention the endless time to read.Wasif Ahmed wrote:If you were given the choice of not aging beyond a certain point, would you do it?
I am not sure. The idea of becoming immortal does sound interesting but.....
Please share your thoughts on this topic. ?
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There are too many books for that, and more are coming out every day.Wasif Ahmed wrote:You'd run out of books. ?gali wrote:I will want to become immortal. There are endless possibilities in an immortal life, not to mention the endless time to read.Wasif Ahmed wrote:If you were given the choice of not aging beyond a certain point, would you do it?
I am not sure. The idea of becoming immortal does sound interesting but.....
Please share your thoughts on this topic. ?
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gali wrote:There are too many books for that, and more are coming out every day.Wasif Ahmed wrote:You'd run out of books. ?gali wrote:
I will want to become immortal. There are endless possibilities in an immortal life, not to mention the endless time to read.
Same; if in a moment of weakness I picked immortality, I'd want to never run out of books and look 25 forever. But I don't think I'd choose that, even if it means missing out on all the books I could read
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Thank you .your question gave food for thought.Wasif Ahmed wrote:I like the way you have compared immortality with books. ?The Researcher wrote:No I dont think I will want to become an immortal. It would be like exchanging many new exciting lives for an eternally long old one. Or in terms of books it would be like reading a very very long book instead of getting a chance to explore many more new titles and authors
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Endless time time to read sounds pretty tempting... I would want to become immortal if my husband can too (and if my dog can too, that would be great!), so I would always have someone I love by my side.gali wrote:I will want to become immortal. There are endless possibilities in an immortal life, not to mention the endless time to read.Wasif Ahmed wrote:If you were given the choice of not aging beyond a certain point, would you do it?
I am not sure. The idea of becoming immortal does sound interesting but.....
Please share your thoughts on this topic. ?
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On the other hand, if I can be free of illness and not worry about governments testing on me and just be openly immortal, it's pretty easy to do but emotionally it might be draining unless some of the people you love also get this deal. I would love to travel the cosmos and immortality is needed for that sort of thing but it's at a huge cost. I think if it was a deal where I could die in an explosion or burned up by a star, I might take it because there's still an out if I eventually did feel like I had spent the right amount of time living, but to live forever is an awfully long time.
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You are Welcome.The Researcher wrote:Thank you .your question gave food for thought.Wasif Ahmed wrote:I like the way you have compared immortality with books. ?The Researcher wrote:No I dont think I will want to become an immortal. It would be like exchanging many new exciting lives for an eternally long old one. Or in terms of books it would be like reading a very very long book instead of getting a chance to explore many more new titles and authors
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Yeah. Me too. I would want to become immortal only if some of my friends and family become too.hsimone wrote:Endless time time to read sounds pretty tempting... I would want to become immortal if my husband can too (and if my dog can too, that would be great!), so I would always have someone I love by my side.gali wrote:I will want to become immortal. There are endless possibilities in an immortal life, not to mention the endless time to read.Wasif Ahmed wrote:If you were given the choice of not aging beyond a certain point, would you do it?
I am not sure. The idea of becoming immortal does sound interesting but.....
Please share your thoughts on this topic. ?