Why Death? |
Post Reply 
|
Page <12 |
| Author | ||
DeathDealer89 
Postmaster 
Joined: 04 Jan 2012 Status: Offline Points: 944 |
 Post Options
 Thanks(0)
 Quote Reply
 Posted: 12 Nov 2016 at 04:43 |
|
|
No aging is very different than immortality. That being said current projections of population have us being around 11B. If no one grew old we would start increasing population at an absurd pace. Were talking about a population doubling every 20 years. Particularly if the immortals had infinite breeding lifetime instead of the limited breeding time that we have now.
|
||
 |
||
|
Lost Avenger
Wordsmith 
Joined: 06 Jul 2012 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 170 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 Nov 2016 at 23:41 |
|
Sexual reproduction is a byproduct of a very complicated evolutionary process. There is a species of jellyfish that is very close to immortal. Depending on environmental conditions, they can reverse their ageing all the way back to almost embryonic stage. Who's to say human immortality couldn't be similar? Anti-ageing will eventually be discovered so if you could keep your 25 year old body forever, why wouldn't you?
I highly doubt a 25 year old body could be celibate... lol Especially if everyone else was 25 years also... Why 25? No reason, I had to pick a number for the sake of the discussion.
|
||
|
||
|
Lost Avenger
Wordsmith
Joined: 06 Jul 2012 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 170 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 Nov 2016 at 23:34 |
|
Re: Trapped, that's why I said there should be an off switch. If you can choose to be immortal, then obviously you also have the choice to not be as well. In solitary confinement sure, but being able to travel the world, and even planets in future that would negate any negative effects. Life seems to be about experiences.
Illyriad is the only game forum I use so yes; to me it is the best :D
|
||
|
||
|
Angrim
Postmaster General 
Joined: 02 Nov 2011 Location: Laoshin Status: Offline Points: 1173 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 Nov 2016 at 21:37 |
|
|
sexual reproduction makes death biologically necessary. organisms that reproduce by other means do not experience death.
so maybe the question you should be asking is, "would you want to live forever if it meant eternal celibacy?"...
|
||
|
||
|
DeathDealer89
Postmaster
Joined: 04 Jan 2012 Status: Offline Points: 944 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 Nov 2016 at 16:41 |
|
|
There is a postulate out there somewhere by people who have thought of it. If you could live forever there is a 100% chance that you will eventually get stuck/entombed in some cataclysmic event or accident. IE trapped under a building after Earthquake. Based our current knowledge of the human psyche being stuck like that will eventually cause you to go insane. The best parallel which has been studied we have is prisoners in solitary for life who end up going insane.
Given that immortality is destined to end in virtual imprisonment and me going insane I would say no. Also interesting question to post on a game forum. But Illyriad is probably one of the better game forums to discuss such a question.
|
||
|
||
|
Lost Avenger
Wordsmith
Joined: 06 Jul 2012 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 170 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 Nov 2016 at 14:16 |
|
|
Why do people have to die? If you could live forever would you want to?
If quality of life wasn't an issue, would immortality interest you? What if immorality had an off switch? Would you consider living forever? I'm interested in your opinions.
|
||
|
||
|
Post Reply
|
Page <12 |
Tweet
|
| Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |
Topic Options
Angrim wrote: