[…] Terminally Incoherent » Blog Archive » Implications of Immortality “[H]umans will never gain true immortality. Our species will be completely superseded by an off-shot race – the post-humans/transhumans. Can we speculate on the nature of this new species that will replace us? Sure, but we are bound to be wrong. The act of becoming or creating something that is more than human is the singularity moment. All our speculations beyond the singularity, are from definition futile.” […]

Very interesting… However vampires and immortals in highlander show a slightly different aspect of everlasting life. These are stories about immortal individuals living in a mortal society.

What we may possibly face in the future is a society in which everyone (or at least everyone who chooses to) is immortal. So the whole “watching your love ones die” thing will not apply to us.

But it is a very good point about the morality. In “Down and Out” murder is really not a huge deal, as the person can always be restored from backup. So while it is still a crime, and is still morally wrong it does not as reprehensive as in current times.

Another good question is – how do you stay motivated after living for 400, 500 or even 100 years? What reason can you have for getting out of bed in the morning if you already did everything you can thing off in your life?

ah, immortality.a good topic for discussion.

there is a line from Interview with the Vampire that says many immortals simply do not have the stamina to live forever.

highlander, (one of my favorite series/movies) ussually made sure to show the curse of being immortal as well as it being a gift. while you can live forever, what is the price you have to pay? are your loved ones mortal? do you have to watch them grow old and die, only to live eternity without them. how would a constant cyle of watching loved ones die affect you?

if your immortal, how will that affect your sense of danger? are you more willing to for instance, jump off a cliff knowing you’ll live? or get into a fight, knowing that you’ll come out in one piece?

the whole no children thing will change then. if you can’t have kids, then there will be no abortion/stem cell issues anymore. if your immortal, murder wont affect people either. life sentences will take on a whole new meaning.