My first topic: immortality by any means.

[Ghost Kitty~]

Freezing kind of kills any benefits of immortality so it isnt really a feasible option anyhow xD

 

[Will98]

Immortality is only beneficial if you are the Monkey King or some other Chinese legend.

I love those immortal Chinese kung-fu masters!

 

[Ghost Kitty~]

Lol so immortality is trespassing on the territory of god?~

Monkey king~ Dont know too much about it though :/

 

[Will98]

You've never seen the Forbidden Kingdom Sammy?

Jet Lee and Jackie Chan. Immortality at it's finest!

 

[HatoriTakaya]

Immortality... I don't know. I have seen a lot of research get put poured on this throughout the ages. It doesn't surprise me that someone would bring this topic up on any forums, discussions and so on. I may sound rude or whatnot but to me. It comes down to personal preference and how attainable it is at what price. Going with machina path isn't surprising but will take another century or two and perhaps it may happen for those who can throw money into the waters. I'm referring to public availability though of the technology.

For keeping all your biological parts with some kind science could be possible only if know someone or actually have the right knowledge to go on about it. Many experiment can go wrong and it goes without saying, "when things go wrong, hell may break loose."

That's all I wanted to say up to now about this topic.

 

[alexsdu]

Bionic, people is the logical possible way for us to achieve nearly immortality in not so far future.
In less than 100 yer, we have managed to get human flying and landed on Moon, and throw more junks into the universe in the name of Science.
If that can be achieve within just a century, why can't artificial human body, with neuron circuits brain, like what we saw in Ghost in the Shell?

It comes down to personal preference and how attainable it is at what price. Going with machina path isn't surprising but will take another century or two and perhaps it may happen for those who can throw money into the waters. I'm referring to public availability though of the technology.

Remember back when computer was very big and very expensive, that only government agencies and very rich companies can obtain them? Look what happened now. Computers are getting cheaper and yet more powerful than the computer the NASA used to sent Apollo 11 to Moon.

 

[orisa]

People managed to land on the moon because the subject is aerospace engineering--theories and physical material that can be created and destroyed at will. But bionic studies not only require experiments on living beings which are not as disposable as hunks of metal, it is not as widely accepted as aerospace engineering due to conflict in religious values. Yes, within a century we have managed to land on the moon, but within the same amount of timeframe all we managed to do in terms of bionic advancement is argue whether the study is worth doing or not. There is a big difference in the speed in which the progress is made.

It's a controversial study; until everyone manages to get their heads out of their asses and agree on a common goal, there is not going to be any noticeable progress.

 

[Ghost Kitty~]

Hmm im pretty sure tons will go wrong and the first couple hundred of people may not have an ideal form of immortality... takes time to develop stuff :/ There will probably be quite a bit of animal testing to go along with it... Random moral argument and stuff...

 

[alexsdu]

Hmm im pretty sure tons will go wrong and the first couple hundred of people may not have an idea form of immortality... takes time to develop stuff :/ There will probably be quite a bit of animal testing to go along with it... Random moral argument and stuff...

Throughout the ages, many people have tried/tested/experimented that considered by most as immoral or cruel.
Some have failed, and some succeeded. Take Leonardo for example. He performed autopsy on corpses in order to learn more how human anatomy. During that time, this was considered heresy by the Church.

Imagine if Leonardo didn't do these? We would be several years behind in medical fields, compared to what we gain today.

 

[Ghost Kitty~]

Hmm im pretty sure that this will be accepted to some degree in the future with the way that the world is moving in and if the research is actually successful without too many major things that are sacrificed in the process then it will probably be accepted by more... I still think that complete immortality is impossible but extending one's life for longer isnt~

 

[musangbeku]

nope, i wish i can dead if i want to and have a long live according my own will lol

 

[HatoriTakaya]

Bionic, people is the logical possible way for us to achieve nearly immortality in not so far future.
In less than 100 yer, we have managed to get human flying and landed on Moon, and throw more junks into the universe in the name of Science.
If that can be achieve within just a century, why can't artificial human body, with neuron circuits brain, like what we saw in Ghost in the Shell?

Remember back when computer was very big and very expensive, that only government agencies and very rich companies can obtain them? Look what happened now. Computers are getting cheaper and yet more powerful than the computer the NASA used to sent Apollo 11 to Moon.

Sorry took me a while to find the time to give a reply. A load of paperwork came my way.

Yeah, I can understand that computers was eventually made into production once it was commercially feasible to do so. With that an artificial body to me seems dependent if it is deemed necessary or not based on the Universe conditions. I wouldn't advise it until they figure out how to colonize other planets and develop solutions to whatever they had to deal with until then. With that said, I'm not stopping anyone who wishes to live on as an artificial body. My personal preference is to retain my body, fix it on a certain physical appearance and continue improve from there.

My preference on whether I wanted to be immortal or not, is something I rather not discuss. Still having conflicting points, but for human to advance. A lot had to be committed, whether its for the good of the world or not. Time will only tell.

 

[mydoujin719]

Simple answer yes

 

[ProXpert]

If i had opportunity.. Defenetly... Depending where all the hawt girls are.. Hell id die heaven id die.. Earth I will take immortality..