‘With brain preservation, nobody has to die’
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‘With brain preservation, nobody has to die’
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#2I think that immortality would be a disaster, personally. That we die is a critically important aspect of life. I'd prefer that we work on ways to make the death process less traumatic.
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#3Like so many scientific pursuits, this one has its roots in science fiction. A terrific trashy futuristic novel from the 70's by Lawrence Sanders called The Tomorrow File[0] features preserved heads that are kept around to spout ideas in the future, when they might become useful, among many other Brave New World-type concepts.
Re: ‘With brain preservation, nobody has to die’
#4Like so many scientific pursuits, this one has its roots in science fiction. A terrific trashy futuristic novel from the 70's by Lawrence Sanders called The Tomorrow File [0] features preserved heads that are kept around to spout ideas in the future, when they might become useful, among many other Brave New World -type concepts. [0] https://archive.org/details/tomorrowfile0000sand_t5i1
Way older
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_Van_Winkle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleeper_Awakes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Door_into_Summer
and for anything fantastic you can find it in mythology and ancient literature
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sleepers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muchukunda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Immortals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranka_(legend)
A good recent book series is
https://bobiverse.fandom.com/wiki/Bobiverse_Wiki
might be the most optimistic story of the genre.
Re: ‘With brain preservation, nobody has to die’
#5Like so many scientific pursuits, this one has its roots in science fiction. A terrific trashy futuristic novel from the 70's by Lawrence Sanders called The Tomorrow File [0] features preserved heads that are kept around to spout ideas in the future, when they might become useful, among many other Brave New World -type concepts. [0] https://archive.org/details/tomorrowfile0000sand_t5i1
If we are talking about preserving heads, Futurama is the final word on the subject.
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#6I think that immortality would be a disaster, personally. That we die is a critically important aspect of life. I'd prefer that we work on ways to make the death process less traumatic.
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#7I think that immortality would be a disaster, personally. That we die is a critically important aspect of life. I'd prefer that we work on ways to make the death process less traumatic.
>critically important aspect of life
Nothing says "life" like being dead.
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#8I think that immortality would be a disaster, personally. That we die is a critically important aspect of life. I'd prefer that we work on ways to make the death process less traumatic.
Nothing stopping you from dying. You make your personal decisions and let others make theirs.
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#9I think that immortality would be a disaster, personally. That we die is a critically important aspect of life. I'd prefer that we work on ways to make the death process less traumatic.
You are welcome to die from any number of preventable deaths.
I choose life.
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#10I think that immortality would be a disaster, personally. That we die is a critically important aspect of life. I'd prefer that we work on ways to make the death process less traumatic.
Why? We have already decimated any semblance of natural selection so death is no longer a necessity from an evolutionary standpoint. Maybe immortal humans would be more beneficent because they wouldn't be scrambling to get ahead in their short time here.
If I didn't only have 30-40ish productive years to achieve whatever I will in this life it would be much easier to donate money or time to charitable pursuits.