[ExI] No one dies re: Clarke, Arthur
Samantha Atkins
sjatkins at mac.com
Thu Mar 20 09:59:49 UTC 2008
Kevin Freels wrote:
> I am sure that in a far distant future, perhaps thousands or even
> hundreds of thousands of years after I am brought back from suspension,
> we will find a way to peer back in time and recapture his information
> state at the time of his death and "resurrect" him.
You must be speaking very loosely as you have no way to be sure of what
is and is not possible in this regard consistent with whatever turn out
to be inviolate laws of physics. Thus this is no better than any other
resurrection mythological belief wheeled out to give some (very thin
when you examine it) comfort to the bereaved. Methinks we will take
ending aging and mandatory death much more seriously when we stop coming
up with such myths and beliefs.
> I'll make it a
> personal goal of mine. He can then bring back any of those others he
> mentioned and even his dog. :-)
>
>
How generous to claim you will make a personal goal when you are an
indefinitely long lived transhuman to do something that attracts you in
your admittedly besotted and very unaware pre-transhuman babyhood. Do
you honestly believe you are making a real commitment that you will be
bound by for your indefinitely long lived future?
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