[ExI] immortality can become an unhealthy obsession in some

[Natasha Vita-More]

I condescend -

Mike writes:

>>> The term immortality is a misnomer.  Immortality implies a No Exit 
>>> syndrome(i.e. Satre) based on biological life.

>>Literally taken, *immortality* means "failure to die", i.e., to have 
>>some form of continued experience that persists indefinitely over 
>>universe clock-time (though see [1]).

>I've watched too many movies to consider immortality to be anything short
of *unable* to die.  That's why I prefaced the anti-aging form of death
avoidance to specifically rule out severe traumatic injury (like vaporizing
oneself with a laser, being liquefied in a horrific chemical spill, or other
gruesomely fantastic end)<

>Even the "immortal" vampires can be killed.  This is probably a
psychological issue with the fact that humans want to imagine non-death, but
the prospect of eternity is scary enough that we'd like to reserve a way out
even for the bad guys if they're willing to repent.  I digress...<

Maybe my historical hand-waving is less significant than the issues of
current representations.

Natasha