RichardKennaway comments on Female Test Subject - Convince Me To Get Cryo - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 30 September 2012 09:42:21AM 4 points [-]

cautionary tales about immortality go back at least to the Epic of Gilgamesh

I never read Gilgamesh as a story against immortality. On the contrary, it is a tragedy that Gilgamesh loses the flower of immortality that he has brought back. The gods in this story are enemies who keep immortality for themselves.