Like to Live Longer?
- 5 March 2010 14:0042379An offshoot of Jeane`s thread here regarding Dick Whittamore, but clearly a wider ranging topic in it`s own right. As per the comment I made regarding long life. Again, I`d be interested in member`s views on life longevity. Briefly, to me someone living to a ripe old age is meaningless. Life in human terms is brief, which is why I`m always for new scientific idea`s, cloning, human embryo research etc, which can only lead to even more exciting discoveries. I`m talking about the real, physical world here. Sometimes, I think of something as happening only 20 years ago which seems long ago, yet something 40 years ago seems like yesterday. All wrapped up in time, and what it relate`s to in human thought and longevity terms. The human body is a rather inefficient machine (sorry about that), and I`m sure most take it for granted, but shut yourself away from life with some undisturbed reading if you can, and start to find about life, and I mean life. So, do you think your life is long enough, or have you never stopped to really think about it?Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
- 5 March 2010 14:1742382Colin I don't think human life is long enough but personally I wouldn't consider Cryonics (the preservation of the dead humans at very low temperature below -200ºF, in the hope that future technology can restore them to life.) I don't think I would like to be brought back to life in 100 or 200 years time when everyone I knew would be dead. I am also pro euthanasia as I know if God forbid I had some awful illness I wouldn't want to hang around and be prodded and poked, I have seen enough family members 'linger' in terrible pain. No plug me in and send me off quietly after a party please! Cloning well, in some cases I agree i.e. where parents have a genetically engineered child to save the life of an ailing existing child, but after that it gets a bit complicated and it's difficult to know where to draw the line (and we do need a line.) Obviously people will have differing opinions due to religion, family, experience etc but that's just my two-penneth.
- 5 March 2010 15:5242388Very interesting views Jeane as usual, and thank you. With you on euthanasia, as I was with my dad when he was writhing in agony, though unaware of his surrounds, (had been for weeks), dying from lung cancer. If I were in that position, I would not wish for any family member to be there to see it, providing it was a 100% certain. At the end of the day though, I can appreciate that many would find it a very difficult decision to make.Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
- 5 March 2010 16:3142392Death, reincarnation, Cryonics etc is something I get asked about a lot. I spend a good deal of time with the dead one way or another and it's made me less afraid of dying. All I hope is when the time comes that I go quickly and don't linger, I guess we all do. I like to believe there is 'something more'. I'm sure there will be a lot of interesting responses to your post.
- 6 March 2010 11:0242466"I'm not afraid of dying,I just don't want to be there when it happens" Woody AllenMarek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter) - 6 March 2010 11:0642468I like that quote.
A few of my fave's are:
It's funny the way most people love the dead. Once you're dead, you're made for life.
If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the 'Up' button.
The only completely consistent people are the dead.
Life will kill you. Go to any cemetery and you will see.
For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off!
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying.
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
I don't believe in dying. It's been done. I'm working on a new exit.
I will never die; God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things.
Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.
Never knock on Death's door. Ring the doorbell and run (he hates that!)
- 6 March 2010 11:0642469Great one Marek. `In the long run, we`re all dead`. J.M. Keynes. P.S. Very nice Jeane, just posted the same time as you.Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
- 6 March 2010 11:1942473"Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing."
Absolutely love this one, thanks Jeane (ps you're forgiven for bringing up the Gas advert). - 6 March 2010 11:5542474Thanks Sid. I get a lot of amusing death related stuff sent to me.