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throwawaydthrowawayd t1_j3kccii wrote

> live out our lives and then die

Why in this scenario where ASI is benevolent and doing research, would we not be immortal?

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Cool-Particular-4159 OP t1_j3kdqhu wrote

As far as I'm concerned, everything that has a beginning must have an end - the universe, solar systems, the earth itself, and pretty much any other physical entity, to my knowledge. We would certainly gain the ability to become 'immortal' as that would obviously fall under the (only) category of 'everything', but fundamentally, the practice of then biologically instituting 'immortality' would be in direct contradiction to the natural path of birth --> death found in all other universal entities. I have absolutely no doubt that we will be able to extend our lifetimes to incredible lengths, but I question the morality of living forever when even the universe is supposed to end. Unless we can travel outside of our universe, I'm pretty sure we eventually won't be 'immortal'. The concept only exists as long as we are unable to absolutely refute it; I have attempted to refute it here, although I will admit that I'm unlikely to have been completely successful.

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banuk_sickness_eater t1_j3nv800 wrote

You've gotta live more presently dude. Why fixate on the heat death of the universe when you could be enjoying the 2^10 trillion million years inbetween.

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Ashamed-Asparagus-93 t1_j3o2f6s wrote

The moment we leave the Universe Aliens show up, give us a high five and say "You made it bros"

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