[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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