So, there’s been news about the possibility of a head transplant within a few years, and advances in stem cell science. With the possibility of immortality dangled before you, will you reconsider your decision?
Ignoring the scientific feasibility:
Would you see immortality as infinite chances to try again and improve your standing?
Would you see it as eternal suffering?
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I guess that would depend on whose head was being transplanted. Wait. If they took my body and transplanted …um….some other person’s head would I now be that other person? I guess they’d have to take my head and put it on another person’s body.
Reminds me of a Star Trek episode where Data lost his head, but they fitted him with another one.
Anyway, this technique wouldn’t work towards immortality. The head is made of flesh, bone, cells, blood..organic material which is subject to old age and decomposition. The head would have to be robotic. So, then you’re just talking about a memory infusion, transfer. This might already be the case when you get into the theory of karma, past lives, rebirth. Fun to think about though.
I want to die why would I want immortality ?
Immortality on the same earth sounds boring though.
if I could avert financial obligations and other constraints I would be on board 🙂
Immortality would tempt me because I’m afraid to die and one think I would want the most of is time so I could do many amazing and memorable feats
Unless you are in or foresee a perpetual state of unconscionable suffering, yeah, why not? A person who lives forever has a more valuable life than someone who is only going to be around for a limited time. In that scenario I think any creature would find it difficult to adapt to the psychological stresses because the mind hasn’t evolved to endure an eternity. If people lived forever they would probably end up going crazy.
Immortality would be the worst of all states that I can imagine.
Eh… sort of eternal suffering, though if I could start from the caveman years and see humanity involve and progress, it coukd be kind of interesting, I guess…
I want to live in a different world for the most part or change it, I don’t want to simply fit in…
Ideally anyway, I suppose I could do with just getting in by, but no matter how good my life gets, I’d definitely expect to die eventually and move to a new life or have an end to any of the bad things I have, even just old memories and experiences…