Immortality — OZONE Asylum, home of the Mad Scientists

This page's ID: 30888

Edit Post

Who can edit a post?	The poster and administrators may edit a post. The poster can only edit it for a short while after the initial post.

Your User Name:
Your Password:
Login Options:	Remember Me On This Computer

Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I blame evolution for death. I mean, death is a key element of the system. In quite a few ways we have already out-grown evolution. Will we be able to out-grow death and keep the rest? How does consciousness fit into evolution? It is quite the monkey wrench. It is hard to say if we will be able to truly smirk at death. Our brains may not be capable of it. Literally. When brain cells die, the others grow to fill the space. You will eventually be left with a handful of brain cells that are absolutely huge and complex. Will consciousness be the same in such a state? How will it change the individual over long periods of time? Even if stem cell research can fill the voids with new cells, the same kind of conundrum still exists: how will the individual be affected? I would love to keep a great deal of my memories and my mental capabilities. Is there a point to being immortal if I am a completely different person every few centuries? Will this kind of mental death be worse than physical death? Hmmm... Loading...
Options:	Enable Slimies Enable Linkwords

Edit Post