tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post5684687392699508792..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: The fountain of youthRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-38076163556523937252015-05-27T23:32:24.839-04:002015-05-27T23:32:24.839-04:00Imagine immortal Kim-Jong Il, Hitler, Mao, Stalin,...Imagine immortal Kim-Jong Il, Hitler, Mao, Stalin, Nero...the list could go on and on. Nightmare scenarios for "will to power" proliferation.<br />CRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03231394164372721485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-86525561824151697112015-05-27T23:06:47.454-04:002015-05-27T23:06:47.454-04:00On a related issue, lots of folks settle for less ...On a related issue, lots of folks settle for less because, in the long run, we're going to die anyway. Nothing is for keeps. But if a fallen world was populated by immortals, then people might kill for a villa on the Côte d'Azur. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-76851439394814577242015-05-27T20:07:04.565-04:002015-05-27T20:07:04.565-04:00That's an interesting thought. Imagine a socie...That's an interesting thought. Imagine a society where a majority of the population has a weakened immune system. Germs would be a bigger threat than ISIS!Matheteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13527032591499860552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-10108364109329859092015-05-27T17:10:28.382-04:002015-05-27T17:10:28.382-04:00Just quickly, I'd add, even if medical science...Just quickly, I'd add, even if medical science can halt the aging process at a certain point, it doesn't necessarily mean it can reverse it. Imagine if we could live forever, but we'd have to do so as ~100 year olds. <br /><br />Likewise, medical science may not necessarily be able to cure other problems. Say if we could live forever, but we had to do so paralyzed from the bottom down. Or we had to do so with a neurodegenerative disease. Or we had to do so at the cost of living with a nasty chronic cancer.<br /><br />There are some fates worse than death. :-(Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06655829667033554000noreply@blogger.com