Pros and cons of eternal life

**DossarLX ODI** · 07-15-2009, 10:43 AM

I stumbled upon this digg article, but the people that responded didn't say a whole lot.

http://digg.com/health/Do_you_really...5487#c26946750

Of course, one obvious advantage of an anti-aging formula is a longer life span, but is it desirable? I also read a book called Night Road from A.M. Jenkins, and hemovores (people that feed exclusively on blood) could live an eternal life, but throughout that time they see many old friends and family die.

Opinions, please!

fastfingers65 · 07-15-2009, 11:20 AM

id eventually turn gay

DotKritic · 07-15-2009, 11:23 AM

Critical Thinking?

Speaking of eternal...Eternal Moonwalk.

/offtopic

Advantages: Never die. Keep your looks (if you look good). Date people you wouldn't be able to when you're too old.

Disadvantages: See friends and family die. Don't age with someone you [eventually] have a relationship with. Commit suicide when you're bored with living.

**EnR** · 07-15-2009, 11:30 AM

Pro's: See the world change like no one else has, be able to tell people you're hundreds of years old.

Con's: Be bored of everything.

**Mans0n** · 07-15-2009, 03:43 PM

Thats probly something someone would think they want, but in the end wish they never took it, and would kill themselves probly.

**devonin** · 07-15-2009, 03:48 PM

Or someone would chop their head off and steal their powers.

Sylar_ · 07-15-2009, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by devonin

Or someone would chop their head off and steal their powers.

You're broken. I can fix you.

who_cares973 · 07-15-2009, 05:44 PM

god is eternal and look how he turned out

MrRubix · 07-15-2009, 06:04 PM

Cons: None. I fear death too much to see any cons.

korny · 07-15-2009, 06:38 PM

I too fear death, but to be immortal would be just as scary of a thought. How to find a purpose for living anymore when you have for a googleplex, to the power of a googleplex years, and that not even being a fraction of time you have left to live.

footbull3196 · 07-15-2009, 06:58 PM

Pros: its fun, you supposedly get everything you wish for, at least from what ive seen in the movies

Cons: gets boring after a while, makes you want a second chance at life, no real challenges

**Brycexx** · 07-15-2009, 07:04 PM

pros: you will get to live forever and see all the advances in technology and many other things that you wouldnt of had the chance to see.

cons: cant say that i can name any that would keep me from wanting to not have the ability to live forever

**Psychotik** · 07-15-2009, 07:10 PM

Pro: Live forever
Con: Magnus Carlson

icontrolyourworld · 07-15-2009, 07:46 PM

pros: everything
cons: same as pros

**Patashu** · 07-15-2009, 07:54 PM

Cons:
If you have finite memory, you're doomed to repeat yourself over and over again.
If you have infinite memory, you will eventually do everything physically possible in the universe and get BORED.

Grandiagod · 07-15-2009, 08:15 PM

Con - You have to go to the trouble of collecting all those dragonballs
Pro - You can beat Freiza

**dragonmegaXX** · 07-15-2009, 08:26 PM

What the hell is wrong with people?
Would you rather stop existing FOREVER?
Or live forever and make constant impacts on everything.

ledwix · 07-16-2009, 12:08 AM

Pro: It would be like being put in time-out forever. (as in, when we do wrong as children, we are sometimes isolated and told to think about our actions) The reason this is a pro is that you'd be given so much time to think about stuff that your understanding of the world would go far beyond concepts developed by anyone else; no one would ever have enough time to understand the things you would understand. So you'd be so brilliant due to your very nearly infinite amount of experience.

Con: You would go crazy. Not many of us are very patient when it comes to waiting millions of years for certain actions of unfold. (after all, many of us are already impatient when a person in a car in front of us takes more than 2 seconds to recognize a green light)

NFD · 07-16-2009, 12:09 AM

Tuck Everlasting.

Kagami_Hiiragi · 07-16-2009, 09:09 AM

i love tuck everlasting.
>.<

07-15-2009, 10:43 AM	#1
DossarLX ODI Batch Manager Game Manager, Song Release Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: USA Age: 31 Posts: 14,995	Pros and cons of eternal life I stumbled upon this digg article, but the people that responded didn't say a whole lot. http://digg.com/health/Do_you_really...5487#c26946750 Of course, one obvious advantage of an anti-aging formula is a longer life span, but is it desirable? I also read a book called Night Road from A.M. Jenkins, and hemovores (people that feed exclusively on blood) could live an eternal life, but throughout that time they see many old friends and family die. Opinions, please!

07-15-2009, 11:20 AM	#2
fastfingers65 Banned Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,124	Re: Pros and cons of eternal life id eventually turn gay

07-15-2009, 11:23 AM	#3
DotKritic Forum User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Houston Age: 21 Posts: 2,974	Re: Pros and cons of eternal life Critical Thinking? Speaking of eternal...Eternal Moonwalk. /offtopic Advantages: Never die. Keep your looks (if you look good). Date people you wouldn't be able to when you're too old. Disadvantages: See friends and family die. Don't age with someone you [eventually] have a relationship with. Commit suicide when you're bored with living. __________________ FFR Member Since December 17th, 2004 Save 50% on Codecademy Plus, Pro, or Pro Student

07-15-2009, 11:30 AM	#4
EnR Massive flaming dildos. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: A-Town, Ontario Age: 33 Posts: 8,431	Re: Pros and cons of eternal life Pro's: See the world change like no one else has, be able to tell people you're hundreds of years old. Con's: Be bored of everything. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

07-15-2009, 03:43 PM	#5
Mans0n Sun and Stars Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Central Californ.i.a. Age: 31 Posts: 2,907	Re: Pros and cons of eternal life Thats probly something someone would think they want, but in the end wish they never took it, and would kill themselves probly. __________________ http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/Br0wnbread Check out my band profile and give it a like! :P

07-15-2009, 03:48 PM	#6
devonin Very Grave Indeed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 42 Posts: 10,120	Re: Pros and cons of eternal life Or someone would chop their head off and steal their powers.

07-15-2009, 05:44 PM	#8
who_cares973 FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: :U Age: 37 Posts: 15,407	Re: Pros and cons of eternal life god is eternal and look how he turned out __________________

07-15-2009, 06:04 PM	#9
MrRubix FFR Player Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: New York City, New York Posts: 8,340	Re: Pros and cons of eternal life Cons: None. I fear death too much to see any cons. __________________ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0es0Mip1jWY

07-15-2009, 06:38 PM	#10
korny It's Saint Pepsi bitch Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas, tx Age: 36 Posts: 4,385	Re: Pros and cons of eternal life I too fear death, but to be immortal would be just as scary of a thought. How to find a purpose for living anymore when you have for a googleplex, to the power of a googleplex years, and that not even being a fraction of time you have left to live.

07-15-2009, 06:58 PM	#11
footbull3196 Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 33 Posts: 514	Re: Pros and cons of eternal life Pros: its fun, you supposedly get everything you wish for, at least from what ive seen in the movies Cons: gets boring after a while, makes you want a second chance at life, no real challenges

07-15-2009, 07:04 PM	#12
Brycexx FFR Veteran Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Carolina Age: 37 Posts: 438	Re: Pros and cons of eternal life pros: you will get to live forever and see all the advances in technology and many other things that you wouldnt of had the chance to see. cons: cant say that i can name any that would keep me from wanting to not have the ability to live forever __________________ Very Challenging AAA'S Turbulence

07-15-2009, 07:46 PM	#14
icontrolyourworld Enjoy life! Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 33 Posts: 4,193	Re: Pros and cons of eternal life pros: everything cons: same as pros

07-15-2009, 07:54 PM	#15
Patashu FFR Simfile Author Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: we traced the call...it's coming from inside the house Age: 35 Posts: 8,609	Re: Pros and cons of eternal life Cons: If you have finite memory, you're doomed to repeat yourself over and over again. If you have infinite memory, you will eventually do everything physically possible in the universe and get BORED. __________________ Patashu makes Chiptunes in Famitracker: http://soundcloud.com/patashu/8bit-progressive-metal-fading-world http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Mechadragon/smallpackbanner.png Best non-AAAs: ERx8 v2 (14-1-0-4), Hajnal (3-0-0-0), RunnyMorning (8-0-0-4), Xeno-Flow (1-0-0-3), Blue Rose (35-2-0-20), Ketsarku (14-0-0-0), Silence (1-0-0-0), Lolo (14-1-0-1) http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee301/xiaoven/solorulzsig.png

07-15-2009, 08:15 PM	#16
Grandiagod FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Feaefaw Age: 37 Posts: 6,122	Re: Pros and cons of eternal life Con - You have to go to the trouble of collecting all those dragonballs Pro - You can beat Freiza

07-15-2009, 08:26 PM	#17
dragonmegaXX ITG playing fur Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 3,661	Re: Pros and cons of eternal life What the hell is wrong with people? Would you rather stop existing FOREVER? Or live forever and make constant impacts on everything. __________________

07-16-2009, 12:08 AM	#18
ledwix Giant Pi Operator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California Age: 35 Posts: 2,878	Re: Pros and cons of eternal life Pro: It would be like being put in time-out forever. (as in, when we do wrong as children, we are sometimes isolated and told to think about our actions) The reason this is a pro is that you'd be given so much time to think about stuff that your understanding of the world would go far beyond concepts developed by anyone else; no one would ever have enough time to understand the things you would understand. So you'd be so brilliant due to your very nearly infinite amount of experience. Con: You would go crazy. Not many of us are very patient when it comes to waiting millions of years for certain actions of unfold. (after all, many of us are already impatient when a person in a car in front of us takes more than 2 seconds to recognize a green light)

07-16-2009, 12:09 AM	#19
NFD FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: I see us on a beach down in, Mexico Age: 32 Posts: 4,715	Re: Pros and cons of eternal life Tuck Everlasting. __________________

07-16-2009, 09:09 AM	#20
Kagami_Hiiragi FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Somewhere Age: 34 Posts: 261	Re: Pros and cons of eternal life i love tuck everlasting. >.<

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