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46 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 14 October 2007 06:13PM

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Comment author: Laura 15 October 2007 01:51:16AM 2 points [-]

I don't think anyone is qualified to judge, based on theory alone, whether true immortality is meaningful or worth achieving, since no one has lived much longer than 120 yrs. Maybe the human consciousness would throw up its hands and scream 'to hell with it all!' after 300 years, maybe not. Maybe our children will be lacksidasical losers because they have no impetus to get off their asses and on with their lives (lord knows how many ppl get a move on because they fear getting too old for girlfriends/marriage/children). But we don't *know* that, and it's all a moot point, since nobody's done it before. What is clear is that almost everyone wishes they didn't *age*, that our bodies and minds did not decay, that our memories did not fade, that we could keep the vigor, curiosity, openess and excitement of our most productive years. Why not try for that and see what living so long is really like? What would we have to lose?